LEADER 04507nam 22004932 4500001 ssib028538520 003 WaSeSS 005 20210812081208.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 121014e20121003pau s|||||||| 2|eng|d 020 9780160913860 020 0160913861 (Trade Paper) |cUSD 39.00 Retail Price (Publisher) |9Active Record 024 3 9780160913860 035 (WaSeSS)ssib028538520 037 |b00010924 040 BIP US |dWaSeSS 049 EREENEHH 245 04 The Chinese Air Force: Evolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities |h[electronic resource]: |bEvolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities 260 |bDefense Department [Imprint]Washington : |bUnited States Government Printing Office 300 424 p. |c09.000 x 06.000 in. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 8 Annotation |bThere is no question which country has made the greatest strides in developing its airpower capability. Over the last two decades, China's air force, the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), has transformed itself from a large, poorly-trained force operating aircraft based on 1950s Soviet designs to a leaner and meaner force flying advanced Russian and indigenously produced fourth-generation fighters. This remarkable transformation is still a work in progress, but China has made up a lot of ground in a short time.The ever-accelerating transformation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the years since the era of Mao Zedong, particularly in its economic and military growth, has been nothing short of remarkable. Developments over the last quarter-century--effectively since the tragedy of Tiananmen Square and the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact alliance--have been more so still. The relationship of this increasingly robust and growing power to the established global community is a complex one, and no thornier aspect of that relationship can be found than the uneasy interplay among the PRC, Taiwan, and the countries that deal with both.In late October 2010, a distinguished international group of experts on airpower, military affairs, and the PRC-Taiwan relationship gathered in Taipei to examine the present state and future prospects of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The conference was the latest in a series of international conferences on the affairs of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) cosponsored by the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), the U.S.National Defense University (NDU), and the RAND Corporation. Over 3 days, speakers presented 14 papers on aspects of airpower, the PLAAF, and the implicationsfor Taiwan, and panels discussed and debated the presentations, taking questions and comments from an audience of 115 registered attendees, with many others dropping by.This book is a compilation of the edited papers, reflecting comments and additions stimulated by the dialogue and discussion at the conference to examine present state and future prospects of the People's Liberation Air Force (PLAAF). 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 4 Air Power 650 4 China |xHistory, Military 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 700 1 Hallion, Richard P. |eEditor |4edt |?UNAUTHORIZED 700 1 Cliff, Roger |eEditor |4edt |=^A518790 700 1 Saunders, Phillip C. |eEditor |4edt |?UNAUTHORIZED 700 1 Deptula, David A. |eForeword by |4aui |?UNAUTHORIZED 710 1 National Defense University (U.S.) |?UNAUTHORIZED 710 1 Institute for National Strategic Studies (U.S.) |?UNAUTHORIZED 710 1 Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (U.S) |?UNAUTHORIZED 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=3571662 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 955 Books In Print, (c) 2013 R.R. Bowker LLC 596 1 3 4 998 5660554