Xiaobing Li, professor of history and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, is coauthor of Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers. He served in the People's Liberation Army in China.
A superb job in producing the first comprehensive history in
English on the development of the Chinese military. The study is
supported by extensive research on Chinese sources made available
in the past two decades. It explains the implications of China''s
military modernization in the twenty-first century. It is highly
revealing and highly recommended. -- Chen Jian, author of Mao''s
China and the Cold War
"A History of the Modern Chinese Army is a crucial first step for
English-langauge history of the PLA. Viewed in light of China's
steadily ascending military spending, paired with the growing
shadow cast on the world stage, this is a compelling and
informative read for scholars of Asian history and the general
public alike." -- Jonathan D. Thomas "The American Graduate"
"This book will be of benefit to all those interested in PLA
institutional history, PLA operational history, PLA transformation
through the years, and the political history of the People's
Republic. It provides much information, some of it unique, about
many significant events and developments. I recommend it to those
interested in China, its military, and its relations with the rest
of the world."--Gary J. Bjorge, The Journal of Military History --
Gary J. Bjorge "Journal of Military History"
A superb volume that will be a welcome addition to the growing body
of literature on the Chinese armed forces. This study is at once an
operational history and a political history, as well as an
institutional history of a military about which much too little is
understood. The interviews and the human dimensions of the
narrative put the ''people'' back into the People''s Liberation
Army. -- David M. Finkelstein, coeditor of Chinese Warfighting: The
PLA Experience since 1949
Xiaobing Li has added a most useful study to the growing literature
on the People''s Liberation Army of China. In more than a decade of
research and careful mining of sources, Li has written a
comprehensive chronological study but also a thematically
intriguing one. He situates the PLA in Chinese society and shows
the various sociopolitical influences that have impacted the
military as an institution. This is a novel approach. Li''s study
deserves wide readership in the China studies community and among
China security specialists. -- avid Shambaugh, editor of Power
Shift: China and Asia''s New Dynamics
"A superb volume that will be a welcome addition to the growing
body of literature on the Chinese armed forces. This study is at
once an operational history and a political history, as well as an
institutional history of a military about which much too little is
understood. The interviews and the human dimensions of the
narrative put the 'people' back into the People's Liberation Army."
-- David M. Finkelstein, coeditor of Chinese Warfighting: The PLA
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