The People's Liberation Army as organization reference volume v 1.0 (Rand, 2002)
"Product of a conference, jointly sponsored by the Rand Center for Asia-Pacific Policy (CAPP) and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS) ... held at Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia from 3-6 August 2000"--Page iii. - "Rand National Security Research Division.". - "CF-182-NSRD"--Page 4 of cover. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
At head of title: Conference proceedings
Includes bibliographical references
Presents the results of a conference that brought together many of the nation's top experts to evaluate issues of structure and process in the People's Liberation Army
Introduction to the PLA's Administrative and Operational Structure -- The Central Military Commission and Military Policy in China -- The Pinnacle of the Pyramid: The Central Military Commission -- The General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: Organization, Roles, & Missions -- The General Political Department and the Evolution of the Political Commissar System -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Logistics Department (GLD): Toward Joint Logistics Support -- The General Armament Department -- PLA Ground Forces: Moving Toward a Smaller, More Rapidly Deployable, Modern Combined Arms Force -- PLA Air Force Organization -- The Organization of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) -- The Chinese Second Artillery Corps: Transition to Credible Deterrence -- The Institutional Lessons of Disaster: Reorganizing the People's Armed Police After Tiananmen