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    <title>Seeking truth from facts</title>
    <subTitle>a retrospective on Chinese military studies in the post-Mao era</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Yang, Andrew N. D.</namePart>
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    <publisher>National Security Research Division, RAND</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2001</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxii, 213 p.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Retrospective on the study of Chinese civil-military relations since 1979: what have we learned? where do we go? -- 2. Commentary on civil-military relations in China: the search for new paradigms -- 3. PLA force structure: a 20-year retrospective -- 4. Compensating for deficiencies: doctrinal evolution in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1978-1999 -- 5. Commentary on doctrine -- 6. Transformation and refinement of Chinese military doctrine: reflection and critique on the PLA's view -- 7. Chinese military-technical development: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999 -- 8. Comments on "China's military-technical developments: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999" -- 9. CAPS and the study of the PLA: a review essay -- 10. Eight points for attention.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N. D. Yang.</note>
  <note>"A series of retrospective papers given at a conference held in Washington, D.C., 8-11 July 1999, on Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, capabilities, and the state of the field"-- Introd.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213).</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
  <note>"... jointly sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy (CAPP) and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS)"--Pref.</note>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Congresses</topic>
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    <topic>Military doctrine</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Congresses</topic>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Armed Forces</topic>
    <topic>Congresses</topic>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Military policy</topic>
    <topic>Congresses</topic>
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