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050 00 $aUA837$b.L43 2012
245 00 $aLearning by doing :$bthe PLA trains at home and abroad /$cRoy Kamphausen, David Lai, Travis Tanner, editors.
246 3 $aPeople's Liberation Army trains at home and abroad
260 $aCarlisle, PA :$bStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,$c2012.
300 $avi, 390 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aStrategic Studies Institute book
500 $a"November 2012."
530 $aAlso available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
520 $aTo better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this volume examines how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are: 1) recent PLA exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises -- rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders -- focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones; 3) through its participation in international military exercises as well as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions, the PLA is gaining greater capabilities to deploy outside of China's borders for a variety of missions; and, 4) PLA operations are increasingly supported by a modern, civilian-integrated military logistics network, though a lack of overseas bases continues to limit the effectiveness of this network as it pertains to overseas power projection capabilities.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction : PLA lessons learned from increasingly realistic exercises / Roy Kamphausen and Travis Tanner -- China's Navy prepares : domestic naval exercises, 2000-10 / Bernard D. Cole -- PLA naval exercises with international partners / Michael McDevitt -- "Controlling the four quarters" : China trains, equips, and employs a modern, mobile People's Armed Police Force / Cortez A. Cooper III -- Clarity of intentions : People's Liberation Army transregional exercises to defend China's borders / Dennis J. Blasko -- Looking good on paper : PLA participation in the Peace Mission 2010 multilateral military exercise / Daniel M. Hartnett -- PLA engagement with international partners : PLA involvement in international peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief / Chin-Hao Huang -- PLA logistics, 2004-11 : lessons learned in the field / Abraham M. Denmark -- The agony of learning : the PLA's transformation in military affairs / David Lai.
610 10 $aChina.$bZhongguo ren min jie fang jun$xManeuvers.
610 10 $aChina.$bZhongguo ren min jie fang jun.$bHai jun$xManeuvers.
650 0 $aMilitary maneuvers$zChina.
650 0 $aNaval maneuvers$zChina.
650 0 $aCombined operations (Military science)
651 0 $aChina$xArmed Forces$xTraining of.
651 0 $aChina$xArmed Forces$xStability operations.
651 0 $aChina$xArmed Forces$xReorganization.
651 0 $aChina$xMilitary relations.
651 0 $aChina$xMilitary policy.
700 1 $aKamphausen, Roy.
700 1 $aLai, David,$d1955-
700 1 $aTanner, Travis.
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute.
830 0 $aStrategic Studies Institute book.
856 41 $uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1135