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From Red Cliffs to Chosin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Hauraki Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (103 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782899884
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Red Cliffs to Chosin: the Chinese Way Of WarOnline resources:
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abstract -- I. Introduction -- A. Thesis -- B. Methodology -- II. A Theory of the Chinese Way of War -- A. Introduction -- B. The Four Propensities in Chinese Military Philosophy -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- III. Imperial Chinese Warfare: The Red Cliffs Campaign (208-209 CE) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Red Cliffs Campaign -- 1. The Campaign -- 2. The Battle of Red Cliffs -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- E. Conclusion -- IV. Medieval Chinese Warfare: The Pamirs Expedition and the Battle of Talas (747-751 CE) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Campaign -- 1. The Pamirs Expedition (748-751 CE) -- 2. The Battle of Talas (751 CE) -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- E. Conclusion -- V. Modern Chinese Warfare: The Chinese Korean War Offensive of 1950 (October to December 1950) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Campaigns -- 1. First Phase Offensive -- 2. Second Phase Offensive -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic Level of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception -- E. Conclusion -- VII. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1: THE RED CLIFFS CAMPAIGN MAPS AND IMAGES -- APPENDIX 2: CHINA REGIONAL MAP -- APPENDIX 3: MAPS OF THE PAMIRS EXPEDITION AND BATTLE OF TALAS (748-751 CE) -- APPENDIX 4: MAPS OF CHINA'S FIRST AND SECOND PHASE OFFENSIVES (OCT-DEC 1950) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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This monograph examines Chinese warfare and suggests that three and a half millennia of Chinese military history have produced a distinctive and enduring Chinese Way Of War. While the art and science of war in China have evolved considerably throughout its history, the characteristics and philosophies of its style of warfare contain some propensities that endure from antiquity to the present. They are: The Chinese military orientation focuses more on the strategic and operational levels of war than the tactical. The Chinese prefer strategic maneuver warfare to attritional or other forms of warfare. Chinese warfare emphasizes the importance of shaping operations, the arrangement of the conditions of the war, campaign, or battlefield in one's favor before initiating combat. Finally, deception and unorthodox warfare play a leading role in Chinese martial philosophy and conduct of war.

These four propensities of the Chinese way of war are general trends that emerge when the entire span of Chinese warfare is broadly considered. Rooted in the philosophy and theories of the great military classics of ancient Chinese, these propensities provide continuities in the war fighting styles, traditions, and preferences of Chinese armies throughout history. While none of the four propensities of Chinese warfare are practiced by China alone, when aggregated they form a broad approach to war fighting that is unlike that of any other country in the world. The distinctiveness of the Chinese way of war is a product of China's unique cultural traditions, religious and social philosophies, and historical evolution.

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abstract -- I. Introduction -- A. Thesis -- B. Methodology -- II. A Theory of the Chinese Way of War -- A. Introduction -- B. The Four Propensities in Chinese Military Philosophy -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- III. Imperial Chinese Warfare: The Red Cliffs Campaign (208-209 CE) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Red Cliffs Campaign -- 1. The Campaign -- 2. The Battle of Red Cliffs -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- E. Conclusion -- IV. Medieval Chinese Warfare: The Pamirs Expedition and the Battle of Talas (747-751 CE) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Campaign -- 1. The Pamirs Expedition (748-751 CE) -- 2. The Battle of Talas (751 CE) -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic and Operational Levels of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver Warfare -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception and Unorthodox Warfare -- E. Conclusion -- V. Modern Chinese Warfare: The Chinese Korean War Offensive of 1950 (October to December 1950) -- A. Introduction -- B. Historical Setting -- C. The Campaigns -- 1. First Phase Offensive -- 2. Second Phase Offensive -- D. Analysis -- 1. Orientation at the Strategic Level of War -- 2. Strategic Maneuver -- 3. Shaping Operations -- 4. Deception -- E. Conclusion -- VII. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1: THE RED CLIFFS CAMPAIGN MAPS AND IMAGES -- APPENDIX 2: CHINA REGIONAL MAP -- APPENDIX 3: MAPS OF THE PAMIRS EXPEDITION AND BATTLE OF TALAS (748-751 CE) -- APPENDIX 4: MAPS OF CHINA'S FIRST AND SECOND PHASE OFFENSIVES (OCT-DEC 1950) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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