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Dennis J. Blasko. The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century.(Book review)
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September 22, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Dennis J. Blasko. The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century. London & New York: Routledge 2006. xvii, 228 pp. Paperback, $34.95, ISBN 0-415-77003-3. Hardcover $125.00, ISBN 0-415-77002-5.
Basically, there are two kinds of books being written about the Chinese military nowadays: the very useful and the bloody awful. The latter are mostly politically motivated hack jobs that are (thankfully) quickly forgotten and remaindered to the budget racks at Barnes & Noble. The former are (also thankfully) more numerous, and while perhaps none is yet authoritative--due more to the dynamic nature of the evolving People's Liberation Army (PLA) than to the ...
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