Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy

by Toshi Yoshihara

Book Overview

New details about the founding of China's Navy reveals critical historical context and insight into future strategy

From 1949 to 1950, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) made crucial decisions to establish a navy and secure China's periphery. The civil war had been fought with a peasant army, yet in order to capture key offshore islands from the Nationalist rival, Mao Zedong needed to develop maritime capabilities. Mao's Army Goes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647122813
• ISBN13: 9781647122812
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher