Modernisation Of The Chinese PLA: From Massed Militia To Force Projection

“Modernisation of the Chinese PLA: From Massed Militia to Force Projection”’ encapsulates the evolution of the PLA from its inception, through the tumultuous period of the Cultural Revolution on to the Four Modernisation era of China’s overall transformation. The Changing political scenario and impact of globalization had a significant influence in the revision of the PLA doctrine. This has been covered leading to study of the War Zone Campaign concept and its impact on technology development and equipment profile of the PLA.

China’s Revolution in Military Affairs is of particular significance as the PLA transforms its manpower to fight a future war in a high-tech environment with its military forces dynamically networked. The Book also looks at how China has shifted emphasis from military operations to non-military operations as a pre-emptive option employing Cyber Warfare, Computer Network Operations and Information Warfare with a high degree of deniability built around it. In analyzing the War Zone Campaign concept the author has brought out the deployment of all elements of national power in the non-contact phase of the campaign to elicit a political response from the opponent which may not require the employment of military forces for a contact battle if the opponent submits to the non-military coercion.

1. Recounting the Evolution of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army

2. Party-PLA Relations

3. Chinese Military Strategy — Evolution of its Defense Doctrine and the
Defense Budget

4. Science and Technology and the Defense Industry

5. China’s Revolution in Military Affairs

6. Modernization of the Chinese Armed Forces

7. Nuclear Weapons Profile

8. China Threat Theory — An Appraisal

9. PLA’s Future Potential Unleashed

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