Handbook On The Chinese Armed Forces

This book is a reprint of information on the Chinese Army and Navy compiled by the United States Defense Department in 1976. It contains a information on the uniforms and decorations of, the weapons used by, the tactics, and the organization of the Peoples Liberation Army of China, (PLA). The book is well supplemented by color prints of all the different uniforms and decorations, maps and organization charts of the various units of the PLA. The book is very current and brings the reader up to 1980, showing the latest Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) and other shorter range missiles which were being developed by China as of the late 1970s.

General study of Taiwan, China - covers historical and geographical aspects, demographic aspects and social structures, languages, the family, living conditions, education, cultural factors, religion, the political system, political partys, political behaviour and attitudes, international relations, communication, the economic structure, trade, agriculture, trade unions, industry, labour force, financial aspects, legal aspects, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 417 to 432, maps and statistical tables.