The Chinese Air Force : evolving concepts, roles, and capabilities / edited by Richard P. Hallion, Roger Cliff, and Phillip C. Saunders.

Format Electronic
PublicationWashington, D.C. : National Defense University Press for the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies, 2012.
Description1 online resource (xxviii, 394 pages)
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo30721
Subjects

Other author/creatorHallion, Richard, 1948- editor.
Other author/creatorCliff, Roger, editor.
Other author/creatorSaunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- editor.
Other author/creatorNational Defense University Press, publisher.
Other author/creatorCenter for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (National Defense University), issuing body.
Contents The concept of airpower : its emergence, evolution, and future / Forrest E. Morgan -- China's quest for joint aerospace power : concepts and future aspirations / Mark A. Stokes -- The PLAAF's evolving influence within the PLA and upon national policy / Xiaoming Zhang -- The organizational structure of the PLAAF / Kenneth W. Allen -- The missions of the People's Liberation Army Air Force / Murray Scot Tanner -- The development of the PLAAF's doctrine / Roger Cliff -- The PLAAF and the integration of air and space power / Kevin Pollpeter -- Equipping the PLAAF : the long march to modernity / David Shlapak -- Meeting the challenge of the upcoming PLAAF leadership reshuffle / You Ji -- Education and training in the PLAAF / Kevin Lanzit -- China's aviation industry : past, present, and future / Shen Pin-Luen -- China's quest for advanced aviation technologies / Phillip C. Saunders and Joshua K. Wiseman -- The employment of airpower in the Taiwan Strait / His-hua Cheng -- The U.S.-China military balances seen in a three-game framework / David Frelinger and Jessica Hart.
General note"August 2012"--Title page verso.
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (DOD, viewed August 19, 2019).
Issued in other formPrint version: Chinese Air Force
ISBN9780160920387 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0160920388 (electronic bk.)
GPO item number0378-H-14 (online)
Govt. docs number D 5.417/2:C 44/3