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List of Tables and Figures vii
Introduction David Finkelstein ix
Social Trends in China: Implications for the People's Liberation Army Tony Saich 3
The Impact of Social Changes on the PLA: A Chinese Military Perspective Xiaobing Li 26
The New Military Elite: Generational Profile and Contradictory Trends Cheng Li 48
The Fourth-Generation Leaders and the New Military Elite Yu Bin 74
The PLA and the Provinces: Military District and Local Issues Zhiyue Bo 96
The Political Implications of PLA Professionalism Lyman Miller 131
Unravelling the Myths About Political Commissars You Ji 146
Searching for a Twenty-First-Century Officer Corps Thomas J. Bickford 171
Educating the Officer Corps: The Chinese People's Liberation Army and Its Interactions with Civilian Academic Institutions Kristen A. Gunness 187
China's Defense Budget: Is There Impending Friction Between Defense and Civilian Needs? Joseph Fewsmith 202
The PLA in the New Economy: Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose James Mulvenon 214
The Challenge of Conscription in an Era of Social Change Sijin Cheng 235
Demobilization and Resettlement: The Challenge of Downsizing the People's Liberation Army Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise 255
People's War in the Twenty-First Century: The Militia and the Reserves Dennis J. Blasko 270
The Editors and Contributors 305
Index 311
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Jerry Loftis
reviewed Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea on January 12, 2016
Civil-Military Relations in Today's China
Overall I felt this title gave some interesting views as to the challenges of warfare in the future, with some of Coker's fortes (ethics and war in particular) shining through. However, I felt that the title was perhaps not a prescriptive as others in the field in describing what warfare in the future may look like. In comparison to other titles however, this is not necessarily a bad thing - a number of authors fall into the trap of looking at popular technology, and defining that as how the world will be shaped in the future (e.g. Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century). As a result, they lose their ability to retain currency within a few years of publication as projects change and the global security picture shifts due to political paradigms.
Coker's writing style is also a little difficult at times to approach - sometimes it comes up as very academic, others an approachable academic, and sometimes in the popular style of books such as Singer's. As a result, it is approachable for a wide variety of audiences.
I was given this book as an advance review copy, but have yet to receive a follow-up to check against.
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