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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2009
A key to understanding the armed forces of any nation may be found in the manner in which it selects and trains its senior military officers. Although China's military forces are unique in many respects, they are similar to those of other countries in that a great deal of emphasis is placed on professional military training for the officer corps. Comparatively little is known about precisely how the Chinese conduct this education.
1. Because of this dearth of information, most of the standard works on the PLA note the professional military education briefly, if at all. For example, see Joffe, Ellis, Party and Army (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967)Google Scholar; Gittings, John, The Role of the Chinese Army (London: Oxford University Press, 1967)Google Scholar; Whitson, William, The Military and Political Power in China in the 1970s (New York: Praeger, 1972)Google Scholar; Nelson, Harvey, The Chinese Military System (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1977)Google Scholar.