LEADER 02791cam 22005298i 4500001 on1145896909 003 OCoLC 005 20201019152427.3 008 200319s2020 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 2020013637 020 9781682475355 |q(hardcover) 020 1682475352 020 |z9781682475447 |q(epub) 020 |z9781682475447 |q(pdf) 035 (Sirsi) 40030208329 035 40030208329 035 (OCoLC)1145896909 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCF |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 a-cc--- 050 00 VA633 |b.M39 2020 082 00 359/.030951 |223 100 1 McDevitt, Michael A., |eauthor. |=^A537353 245 10 China as a twenty-first-century naval power : |btheory, practice, and implications / |cMichael A. McDevitt. 263 2010 264 1 Annapolis, MD : |bNaval Institute Press, |c[2020] 300 pages cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping made his ambitions for the PLA perfectly clear: a PLA that, "makes an all-out effort to become a world-class armed force by 2050." Being "world class" carries the connotation of being "second to none," being "top tier," or being the "best in the world." Most significantly he established an accelerated timetable for completion of military modernization. He explicitly outlined what "stepping up efforts" means; Xi wants the modernization of China's forces is basically completed by 2035; just 15 years from now. This book is about the PLA Navy's central role in the push to become a world class military"-- |cProvided by publisher. 610 10 China. |bZhongguo ren min jie fang jun. |bHai jun. |=^A494532 610 17 China. |bZhongguo ren min jie fang jun. |bHai jun. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00592570 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 0 China |xMilitary policy. |=^A48325 650 0 Sea-power |zChina. |=^A1018720 650 0 Military planning |zChina. |=^A157232 650 7 Military planning. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021370 650 7 Military policy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 Sea-power. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01110196 651 7 China. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206073 |?UNAUTHORIZED 776 08 |iOnline version:McDevitt, Michael, 1941- |tChina as a twenty-first-century naval power. |dAnnapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2020] |z9781682475447 |w(DLC) 2020013638 949 |i30372017371888 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s39.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5568641