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List
of Tables, Charts, and Maps viii
List
of Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Chapter
1: An Overview of the Military System 1
Size
and Strength 1
Defensive
Strategy 4
Command
and Control 5
Political
Control, 6. Command Structure, 6. Logistics and
Administrative
Network, 10, Military Budget 13
Organizational
Assessment 13
Chapter
2: The Military Administration in the Provinces and
Regional Forces 17
Recruitment/Demobilization
18
Military
Training of the Regional Forces 21
Militia
Training 22
Recent
History of the Regional Forces 24
Party-Army
Relations, 1960-65 24
The
Background and Development of the Cultural Revolution 24
The
Regional Forces in the Cultural Revolution 27
Involvement
of Main Force Units 34
The
Wuhan Incident and Its Aftermath 35
Military
Factionalism 38
Chapter
3: The High Command 45
Party
Leadership Within the PLA 45
The
Central Military Commission 45
The
General Political Department 49
The
Military Command and Support Network 53
General
Staff Department 54
General
Rear Services Department 55
Ministry
of National Defense 58
Military
Production 59
Military
Research and Development 60
Service
Arms 62
Military
Effectiveness of Service Arms 65
Nuclear
Capabilities 70
Recent
History of National Organizations 73
The
Central Military Commission 73
The
Lin Piao Affair, 84. The Issues Behind the Lin Piao Affair, 89
The
General Staff Department 93
Lo
Jui-ch'ing, 93. Yang Ch'eng-wu, 97. Huang Yung-sheng, 101. Teng
Hsiao-p'ing, 101
The
General Political Department 102
Chang
Ch'un-ch'iao, 107
The
General Rear Services Department 107
Military
Production, Research and Development 109
Conclusion
112
Chapter
4: The Army's Main Forces 115
Organization
115
Military
Regions 116
Training
123
Capabilities
124
Recent
History 126
Involvement
in the Cultural Revolution 127
Factional
Troubles 137
The
Main Forces and Lin Piao 138
Chapter
5: Military Life 143
A
Civic Action Army? 143
The
Men and Their Officers 145
Uniforms,
146
The
Officer Corps 147
The
Young Turks, 148. The Promotion System and Military Factions, 150
Controlling
Military Elitism 157
Chapter
6: Air and Naval Forces 159
The
Air Force 159
Organization
160
Capabilities
162
Recent
History 166
The
Naval Forces 169
Organization
169
Capabilities
172
Recent
History 174
Chapter
7: Paramilitary Forces: The Militia and Production-Construction
Corps 177
The
Militia 177
Organization
177
Relationship
with the PLA 181
Capabilities
182
Recent
History 183
The
Production-Construction Corps 190
Organization
and Military Capabilities 190
Recent
History 191
Chapter 8: China's Quest for Security 195
Under the Russian Umbrella 196
People's
Wars of National Liberation 197
The
Concept and Its History, 199. The Strategy in Operation, 200.
The
Decline of PWNL and China's New Diplomacy (1969-76), 205.
China's
Present International Strategy, 208
Chapter
9: Conclusion 215
Political
215
Socioeconomic
218
National
Security 219
Appendix:
Infantry Unit Organization Charts and Table of Organization
and
Equipment 221
Notes 227
Selected
Bibliography 257
Index 265
