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A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020 (Paperback)
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A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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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-19th 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 1894-1895; during the 1920s
and 1930s, a navy again sunk or lost to Japan, in the war of
1937-1945; in the 1950s, a navy built with Soviet help, which
stagnated following the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s; and
finally 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
defense 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.
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