The Lessons of History: The Chinese people's Liberation Army at 75

Authors

Laurie Burkitt Ms.
Larry M. Wortzel Dr.
Andrew Scobell Dr., (formerly)SSI

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Description

With the armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PLA) celebrating its 75th anniversary on August 1, 2002, it only seemed appropriate and timely to take stock of the world's largest military. The PLA has officially been in existence for three-quarters of a century, and its history is one filled with turmoil and warfare. One weekend in the September 2002, a group of PLA specialists gathered at Carlisle Barracks, the home of the U.S. Army War College, to assess what lessons China's soldiers had drawn from the history of their own armed forces. This volume constitutes the final product of months of extensive research by the individual authors and hours of intense discussion at the 3-day conference by approximately 50 participants. The conference was sponsored jointly by the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and the U.S. Army War College.

Publication Date

7-1-2003

Keywords

People's Liberation Army (PLA), history, military modernization, lessons learned, civil-military relations, korean war, sino-Indian war

Recommended Citation

Laurie Burkitt Ms., Larry M. Wortzel Dr., and Andrew Scobell Dr., The Lessons of History: The Chinese people's Liberation Army at 75 ( US Army War College Press, 2003),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/39