The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

ISBN-13: 9780190681616 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 344 str.

Xiao-Bing Li

Opis

This book covers the chronological development and operational experience of the Chinese Army's intervention in the Vietnam War against the U.S. in 1968-1973. Based on communist sources and interviews, it examines China's intentions, decision-making, war preparation, training, battle plan and execution, tactical problem solving, political indoctrination, and combat assessment.

Recenzje

Li's research is meticulous and well organized ... a valuable contribution to the scholarship of the Vietnam War.

O autorze

Xiaobing Li, professor of history and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, is author of The Cold War in East Asia, China's Battle for Korea, Modern China, China at War, and Voices from the Vietnam War. He is the executive editor of The Chinese Historical Review. He served in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China.