Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949

By M. Taylor Fravel

Book Overview

What changes in China's modern defense policy reveal about military organizations and strategy

Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China's military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation's past and present military goals, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of how and why states alter their defense policies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210330
• ISBN13: 9780691210339
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"