Inside the Sea Dragon: The Generations within the Current Peoples Liberation Army Navy Officer Corps

Abstract

Karl Mannheim's definition of social generations is used to analyze the current Peoples Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Officer Corps. Using a combination of existing quantitative and qualitative information, three social generations are distinguished based on the officer's approximate date of entry into the PLAN. Although this thesis is rooted in social science, several chapters are necessarily a selective historical survey of the PLAN focused upon those events that are expected to be impactful on their future mindset. Predictions of possible future trajectories or opinions of particular generations is omitted to reduce possible bias. A brief historical overview of the PLAN over the last century is also provided to establish context before analyzing the present PLAN.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2016
Accession Number
AD1020058

Entities

People

  • Brian C. Juskiewicz

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Personnel Management
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.