The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century

Author: Benjamin Lai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought about monumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be the second largest economy...Read more