UID:
(DE-602)gbv_1765067545
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003138075
,
1003138071
,
9781000393217
,
1000393216
,
9781000393248
,
1000393240
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia
Content:
Preface : Four Periods of modern Chinese naval development -- Introduction : China's modern navy in historical perspective : the importance of coastal defense strategies -- The origins of the "modern" navy under the Qing dynasty -- The first opium war and Chinese naval modernization -- The Chinese navy in the second opium war, in Okinawa, and in Annam -- China's navy and the sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 -- The Chinese navy's incomplete modernization and westernization -- The "new army" reforms and the Chinese navy's impact of the Xinhai revolution -- The nationalist navy from 1922 through 1938 -- The post-world war II nationalist navy through the Chinese civil war -- Founding the PRC and the early history of the PLAN -- The Chongqing mutiny and the creation of the PLAN -- PLAN's coastal defense and the nationalist navy's use of the off-shore Islands to blockade China -- The sino-Soviet alliance and the growth of the PLAN -- The nationalist navy and China's PLAN as an emerging regional navy -- Sino-Soviet conflict and the PRC decision to open relations with the United States -- Modernization, westernization, and geographic responsibilities of the PLAN -- China's historical and regional constraints and the future of the PLAN -- Conclusions.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367685447
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367685553
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367685447
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003138075
