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A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020

A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020

Elleman, Bruce A.

Paperback

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyNaval History

ISBN10: 0367685558
ISBN13: 9780367685553
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 10 2021
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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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