NUST Institutions Library Catalogue

"An East Gate book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social trends in China : implications for the Pople's Liberation Army / Tony Saich -- The impact of social changes on the PLA : a Chinese military perspective / Xiaobing Li -- The new military elite : generational profile and contradictory trends / Cheng Li -- The fourth-generation leaders and the new military elite / Yu bin -- The PLA and the provinces : military district and local issues / Zhiyue Bo -- The political implications of PLA professionalism / Lyman Miller -- Unravelling the myths about political commissars / You Ji -- Searching for a twenty-first-century officer corps / Thomas J. Bickford -- Educating the officer corps : the Chinese People's Liberation Army and its interactions with civilian academic institutions / Kristen Gunness -- China's defense budget : is there impending friction between defense and civilian needs? / Joseph Fewsmith -- The PLA in the new economy : plus C̦a change, plus C'est la même chose / James Mulvenon -- The challenge of conscription in an era of social change / Sijin Cheng -- Demobilization and resettlement: the challenge of downsizing the People's Liberation Army / Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise -- People's war in the twenty-first century : the militia and the reserves / Dennis J. Blasko.