Chinese warfighting: The PLA experience since 1949

Abstract

1. Introduction: Patterns of PLA Warfighting, Mark A. Ryan, David Finkelstein, and Michael A. McDevitt 2. Change and Continuity in Chinese Military Doctrine: 1949-1999, Paul H.B. Godwin 3. The Beiping-Tianjin Campaign of 1948-49: The Strategic and Operational Thinking of the People's Liberation Army, Larry M. Wortzel 4. The Last Campaign to Unify China: The CCP's Unrealized Plan to Liberate Taiwan, 1949-1950, He Di 5. Command, Control and the PLA's Offensive Campaigns in Korea, 1950-1951, Shu Guang Zhang 6. What China Learned from Its Forgotten in Korea, Bin Yu 7. PLA Attacks and Amphibious Operations during the Taiwan Strait Crises of 1954-55 and 1958, Xiaobing Li 8. PLA Operational Principles and Limited War: The Sino-Indian War of 1962, Cheng Feng and Larry M. Wortzel 9. The Sino-Soviet Border Conflicts of 1969: New Evidence Three Decades Later, Thomas Robinson 10. Vietnamese Perceptions of the 1979 War with China, Henry J. Kenny 11. The PLA Navy at War, 1949-1999: From Coastal Defense to Distant Operations, Alexander C. Huang 12. Air Combat for the People's Republic: The People's Liberation Army Air Force in Action, 1949-1969, Xiaoming Zhang