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Auteur(s) : Elleman, Bruce A. (1959-....)
Titre(s) : A history of the modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020 [Texte imprimé] / Bruce A. Elleman
Publication : Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-294 p.) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Collection : Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 159
Lien à la collection : Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia
Note(s) : Bibliographie p. [262]-268. Index
"This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to
the present. Beginning with a survey of naval developments in earlier imperial times,
the book goes on to show how China has since the mid-nineteenth century four times
built or rebuilt its navy: after the Opium Wars, a navy which was sunk or captured
by the Japanese in the war of 1894-5; during the 1920s and 1930s, a navy again sunk
or lost to Japan, in the war of 1937-45; in the 1950s, a navy built with Soviet help,
which stagnated following the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s; and fourthly the
present navy which absorbed its predecessor, but with the most modern sections dating
from the 1990s - a navy which continues to grow and prosper. The book also shows how
the underlying strategic imperative for the Chinese navy has been the defence of China's
coasts and major rivers; how naval mutiny was a key factor in the overthrow of the
Qing and the Nationalist regimes; and how successive Chinese governments, aware of
the potent threat of naval mutiny, have restricted the growth, independence, and capabilities
of the navy. Overall, the book provides-at a time when many people in the West view
China and its navy as a threat-a rich, detailed, and realistic assessment of the true
nature of the Chinese navy and the contemporary factors that affect its development"
Sujet(s) : Histoire navale -- Chine -- 1800-....
Chine. Marine -- 1800-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
359.009 5109 (23e éd.) = Forces navales - Chine - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367685447. - ISBN 0367685442. - ISBN 9780367685553. - ISBN 0367685558 (br.).
- ISBN 9781003138075 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000393248 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000393217
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46817400p
Notice n° :
FRBNF46817400
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Preface : Four periods of modern Chinese naval development ; Introduction : China's
modern navy in historical perspective : the importance of coastal defense strategies
; Part I. 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 ; Part
II. 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 ; Part III. The founding the People's Republic of China 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 offshore islands to blockade
China ; The Sino-Soviet alliance, the growth of the PLAN, and the Sino-Soviet split
; Part V. 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: Two Chinas in
an era of competing coastal defense and maritime strategies.
