Mao's Army Goes to Sea - The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy

Toshi Yoshihara shows, in Mao''s Army Goes to Sea, how the People''s Liberation Army (PLA) made crucial decisions to establish a navy and secure China''s periphery. This narrative will help US policymakers and scholars place China''s recent maritime achievements in proper historical context and provide insight into how its navy may act in the future.