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Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War By Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War by Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)


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This well-researched volume examines the Sino-Vietnamese hostilities of the late 1970s and 1980s, attempting to understand them as strategic, operational and tactical events.

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War Summary

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War: The Last Maoist War by Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)

This well-researched volume examines the Sino-Vietnamese hostilities of the late 1970s and 1980s, attempting to understand them as strategic, operational and tactical events.

The Sino-Vietnamese War was the third Indochina war, and contemporary Southeast Asia cannot be properly understood unless we acknowledge that the Vietnamese fought three, not two, wars to establish their current role in the region. The war was not about the Sino-Vietnamese border, as frequently claimed, but about Chinas support for its Cambodian ally, the Khmer Rouge, and the book addresses US and ASEAN involvement in the effort to support the regime. Although the Chinese completed their troop withdrawal in March 1979, they retained their strategic goal of driving Vietnam out of Cambodia at least until 1988, but it was evident by 1984-85 that the PLA, held back by the drag of its Maoist organization, doctrine, equipment, and personnel, was not an effective instrument of coercion.

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War will be of great interest to all students of the Third Indochina War, Asian political history, Chinese security and strategic studies in general.

About Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)

Edward C. ODowd holds the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University, Quantico.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Introduction Background 2. The Chinese Political Work System Narrative 3. Hanoi and Beijing on the Road to War 4. The 1979 Campaign 5. The Battle of Lang Son 6. Artillery Diplomacy: Waiting for the 'Second Lesson' Explorations 7. Crisis in Command: The Cadre System Under Stress in the Guangzhou Military Region 8. Political Work in the 1979 Campaign 9. Politics vs. Firepower: The Paradox of Maoist Tactics Conclusion 10. Conclusion: The Legacy of an Incredible, Shrinking War. Appendix 1: Principles of the Political Work System. Appendix 2: Principal Duties of the Political Commissar

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NPB9780415414272
9780415414272
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Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War: The Last Maoist War by Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps University, Quantico, USA)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2007-04-19
256
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