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China: Military

This bibliography provides users with a list of resources on Chinese foreign relations, policies, and military affairs. This resource will be updated periodically to facilitate the research, teaching and learning needs of the USAWC.

Books

Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA by National Defense National Defense University Press
Call Number: Root Hall - UA837 .C424 2019
ISBN: 9781070233420
Publication Date: 2019-02-22
China's Military Transformation by You Ji
Call Number: Root Hall - UA835 .Y674 2016
ISBN: 9780745670782
Publication Date: 2016-02-01
Crossing the Strait: China's Military Prepares for War with Taiwan by Wuthnow, Joel et al.
Call Number: Online eBook
ISBN: 9780996824989
Publication Date: 2022
The People in the PLA 2.0 by Antulio Echevarria (Editor-In-Chief); Richard Leach (Editorial Coordinator); Lori Janning (Editor); Stephanie Crider ((various roles)); Samantha Juliana (Editor); Jennifer Nevil (Composed by); Roy Kamphausen (Compiled by)
ISBN: 1584878312
Publication Date: 2021-07-22
When China Attacks by Grant Newsham
Call Number: Root Hall - DS779.47.N49 2023
ISBN: 9781684513659
Publication Date: 2023-03-28
Mao's Army Goes to Sea by Toshi Yoshihara
Call Number: Root Hall DS739 .Y67 2022
ISBN: 9781647122812
Publication Date: 2023-01-03
China's Gambit by Ketian Zhang
Call Number: Root Hall - DS779.47 .Z4223 2024
ISBN: 9781009423786
Publication Date: 2024-01-31

Journal Articles

Artificial Intelligence Technology and China’s Defense System
Li, Jieruo. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 5, Issue 2 (March-April 2022): 104-114.
Assessing China-U.S. Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation
Riqiang, Wu. International Security 46, Issue 3 (Winter 2021/2022): 128–162.
China's Atomic Pessimism and the Future of Arms Control
Hiim, Henrik Stålhane, and Magnus Langset Trøan. War on the Rocks (June 21, 2021).
Clarity Is a Superpower
Gottemoller, Rose. Hoover Digest, Number 2 (Spring 2022): 66-70.
Do China’s New Islands allow it to militarily dominate the South China Sea?
Pasandideh, Shahryar. Asian Security 17, no. 1 (January-April 2021): 1-24.
Drive Them into the Sea
Dunn, Brian J. Military Review (China Reader Special Edition September 2021) 248-260
Fight Fire with Fire: The PLA Studies Hybrid Warfare
Solen, Derek. China Aerospace Studies Institute (March 23, 2022)
Missile wars in the Asia Pacific: the threat of Chinese regional missiles and U.S.-allied missile defense response
Sankaran, Jaganath. Asian Security 17, no. 1 (January-April 2021): 25-45.
Ongoing organizational reforms of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force
Allen, Kenneth W., Brendan S. Mulvaney, and James Char. Journal of Strategic Studies 44, no. 2 (April 2021)
PLA Growth Not Slowed By COVID
Fanell, James E. Proceedings 148, Issue 5 (May 2022): 20-23. (Print journal available in USAHEC - Root).
The New Nuclear Age: How China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal Threatens Deterrence
Krepinevich, Andrew F, Jr. Foreign Affairs 101, Issue 3 (May-June 2022): 92-98, 100.
The People’s Liberation Army in its Tenth Decade: Assessing ‘Below the Neck’ Reforms in China’s Military Modernization
Char, James. Journal of Strategic Studies 44, no. 2 (April 2021): 141-287.
Understanding the Vulnerabilities in China’s New Joint Force
Bickers, David. Joint Force Quarterly, 103 (4th Quarter, 2021): 78-86.
Understanding the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Strategy, Armament, and Disposition
Mihal, Christopher J. Military Review 101, no. 4 (July-August 2021): 16-30.
Wartime Challenges to the Chinese Submarine Force.
McCabe, Thomas R. SeaPower, Volume 66, Issue 8 (October 2023): 44-45 & 52. (Print journal available at Root Hall Library)
Xi Jinping’s PLA Reforms and Redefining 'Active Defense.
Tosi, Scott. Military Review (September-October 2023).

Databases and Websites

How China Fights
TRADOC site to optimize soldier knowledge about China.

Video

Army University Press: Near Peer: China (Understanding the Chinese Military) (2022)

CSIS : Pulling Back the Curtain on China's Maritime Militia (2021)

CSIS: Are China’s Military Logistics Better Than the Russian Military’s? (2022)

National Committee on US China Relations: Threat Inflation and the Chinese Military (2023)

Podcast

National Committee on US China Relations

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