The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles

Few issues are as important to U.S. national security analysts as China’s military modernization, a process that has benefited directly from the past two decades of dramatic economic expansion. This book addresses the Chinese navy—the People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN—the service that has most dramatically benefited from increased defense funding.This collection of essays surveys and analyzes the most important as- pects of China’s naval modernization. The book’s 10 chapters

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