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This book traces the People's Liberation Army's revolutionary
transition, examines the structural changes associated with it, and
assesses military policies. It discusses the political commissar
system, the key institution for all political-military
relationships in the Chinese military system.
In recent years the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has relinquished
much of its political power to China's civilian leadership and has
turned to the task of professionalizing the military. The
transition of the PLA into a relatively apolitical force in Chinese
society has occurred alongside great progress toward military
modernization, with the foundation now laid for the PLA to become
one of the world's most powerful military forces. Dr. Bullard
traces the PLA's extremely important and almost revolutionary
transition, examines the structural changes associated with it, and
assesses current military policies and trends. He discusses in
detail the political commissar system, the key institution for all
political-military relationships in the Chinese military system.
One critical facet of Taiwan's extraordinary development is
conspicuously absent from nearly all studies of its recent history:
the role of the military in the nation-building process. In this
important study, a soldier-citizen describes the role of the
Republic of China's military in the political socialization of
Taiwan's citizens during the first two decades after the
Nationalists' defeat on the Chinese mainland. The book describes in
detail how the military was used by the government to promote
patriotic values throughout the society, often going beyond what is
considered part of the military-commission. Colonel Bullard coins
the term "allegiance warfare" to describe the politically neutral
involvement of the military in creating and maintaining
nationalistic citizen values throughout the society.
"Soldier-citizens" describes the role of the Republic of China's
military in the political socialization of Taiwan's citizens during
the first two decades after the loss of the Chinese mainland. This
book describes in detail how the military was used by the
government to promote patriotic values throughout society, often
going beyond what is considered part of its military mission.
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