This revised edition brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. It asks when and how should the developed countries intervene in internal wars outside of their traditional geopolitical interest - and what can such intervention realistically accomplish?

Ying-Mao Kau

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. THE MAOIST MODEL OF ARMY-BUILDING, II. THE POLITICAL WORK OF THE PLA, III. THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE MILITARY, IV. THE ARMY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGE, V. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MILITIA, VI. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO LINES, VII. THE MILITARY AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, VIII. THE REASSERTION OF THE MAOIST MODEL, BIBLIOGRAPHY