In recent years there have been reports of actions purportedly taken by People's Liberation Army (PLA) units without civilian authorization, and of Chinese Comm

A comprehensive picture of China's national security policy process, with particular attention to the military's increasing influence in these critical areas.

This edited volume examines the recalibration of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) roles and missions in China’s domestic and foreign policymaking sinc

For 2 decades after the People's Republic of China (PRC) was established, there was no question that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had a central role in sh

This is the first systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People's Liberation Army since the founding of