Fravel M. Taylor. Active Defense: China's Military Strategy since 1949

Princeton University Press, 2020. — 395 p.Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China s military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation s past and present military goals, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of how and why states alter their defense policies.