Bruce A. Elleman

A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present. Beginning with a survey of naval developments in earlier imperial times, the book goes on to show how China has since the mid-nineteenth century four times built or rebuilt its navy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000393217
• Artikelnr.: 61429762

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction China's Modern Navy in Historical Perspective: The
Importance of Coastal Defense Strategies Part I The Origins of the "Modern"
Navy under the Qing Dynasty 1. The First Opium War and Chinese Naval
Modernization 2. The Chinese Navy in the Second Opium War, in Okinawa, and
in Annam 3. China's Navy and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 Part II The
Chinese Navy's Incomplete Modernization and Westernization 4. The "New
Army" Reforms and the Chinese Navy's Impact of the Xinhai Revolution 5. The
Nationalist Navy From 1922 Through 1938 6. The Post-World War II
Nationalist Navy Through the Chinese Civil War Part III Founding the PRC
and the Early History of the PLAN 7. The Chongqing Mutiny and the Creation
of the PLAN 8. PLAN's Coastal Defense and the Nationalist Navy's Use of the
Off-shore Islands to Blockade China The Sino-Soviet Alliance and the Growth
of the PLAN Part IV The Nationalist Navy and China's PLAN as an Emerging
Regional Navy 10. Sino-Soviet Conflict and the PRC Decision to Open
Relations with the United States 11. Modernization, Westernization, and
Geographic Responsibilities of the PLAN 12. China's Historical and Regional
Constraints and the Future of the PLAN Conclusions