The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century.(Book review)

From: Parameters | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: Halloran, Richard | Copyright information

The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century. By Dennis J. Blasko. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. 228 pages. $125.00 ($34.95 paper). Reviewed by Richard Halloran, onetime lieutenant of airborne infantry, foreign correspondent in Asia, military correspondent in Washington, DC, and now a free-lance writer in Honolulu.

The author of this work on the People's Liberation Army (PLA), an experienced China hand, says in his introduction: "I ha...

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