China's War in Korea Strategic Culture and Geopolitics /

• Main Author: Li, Xiaobing (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Directions in East Asian History,
• Subjects: Asia-History.; Military history.; World politics.; Asian History.; History of Military.; Political History.

This book re-visits the history of the Korean War of 1950-1953 from a Chinese perspective, examining Chinese strategy and exploring why China sent three million troops to Korea, in Mao's words, to "defend the homeland and safeguard the country"-giving rise to what became the war'...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: National Security and Defense Strategy
• Tributary State and Transnationalism
• Post-war Geopolitics and Self-reliant Defense
• Active Defense: From Manchuria to Korea
• From Defense-Offense-Defense
• Build New Defense and Negotiate China's Security
• Conclusion: War Legacy and New Strategic Concerns.