COMMUNIST CHINA'S MILITARY DOCTRINES

Abstract

The study provides a compact, documented presentation and analysis of the principal military doctrines of Communist China, i.e., those on Chinese national defense, revolutionary warfare, and nuclear war, the first two of which have been strongly influenced by Mao. These have been spelled out in detail by official Chinese publications and are based on many years of Chinese Communist military experience. They are authoritative. Peking has not yet produced a full-fledged nuclear doctrine, but it has issued significant statements regarding nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Despite her ambitions, Peking has not published a doctrine regarding conventional warfare beyond her frontiers, for to do so would contradict her claim that by definition a Communist state cannot engage in aggressive wars.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0666784

Entities

People

  • Ralph L. Powell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Foreign Languages
  • Governments
  • Imperialism
  • Language
  • Military Doctrine
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North America
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Political Ideologies
  • Treaties
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.