Ep 75: Toshi Yoshihara on Sun Tzu (New Makers of Modern Strategy #5)
School of War
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The Origins of Chinese Heat Power
Mao's army is about the foundations of the PLA, Navy, and its earliest operations against nationalist forces operating in China's rivers or offshore. The communists had no navy and no air force to speak of but they nevertheless were able to conduct one of the largest post-war amphibious operations involving about 45,000 troops to successfully take Hainan Island.
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