Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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• Preface Introduction China’s Modern Navy in Historical Perspective: The Importance of Coastal Defense Strategies Part I The Origins of the "Modern" Navy under the Qing Dynasty 1. The First Opium War and Chinese Naval Modernization 2. The Chinese Navy in the Second Opium War, in Okinawa, and in Annam 3. China’s Navy and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 Part II The Chinese Navy’s Incomplete Modernization and Westernization 4. The "New Army" Reforms and the Chinese Navy’s Impact of the Xinhai Revolution 5. The Nationalist Navy From 1922 Through 1938 6. The Post-World War II Nationalist Navy Through the Chinese Civil War Part III Founding the PRC and the Early History of the PLAN 7. The Chongqing Mutiny and the Creation of the PLAN 8. PLAN’s Coastal Defense and the Nationalist Navy’s Use of the Off-shore Islands to Blockade China The Sino-Soviet Alliance and the Growth of the PLAN Part IV The Nationalist Navy and China’s PLAN as an Emerging Regional Navy 10. Sino-Soviet Conflict and the PRC Decision to Open Relations with the United States 11. Modernization, Westernization, and Geographic Responsibilities of the PLAN 12. China’s Historical and Regional Constraints and the Future of the PLAN Conclusions

Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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• Preface Introduction China’s Modern Navy in Historical Perspective: The Importance of Coastal Defense Strategies Part I The Origins of the "Modern" Navy under the Qing Dynasty 1. The First Opium War and Chinese Naval Modernization 2. The Chinese Navy in the Second Opium War, in Okinawa, and in Annam 3. China’s Navy and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 Part II The Chinese Navy’s Incomplete Modernization and Westernization 4. The "New Army" Reforms and the Chinese Navy’s Impact of the Xinhai Revolution 5. The Nationalist Navy From 1922 Through 1938 6. The Post-World War II Nationalist Navy Through the Chinese Civil War Part III Founding the PRC and the Early History of the PLAN 7. The Chongqing Mutiny and the Creation of the PLAN 8. PLAN’s Coastal Defense and the Nationalist Navy’s Use of the Off-shore Islands to Blockade China The Sino-Soviet Alliance and the Growth of the PLAN Part IV The Nationalist Navy and China’s PLAN as an Emerging Regional Navy 10. Sino-Soviet Conflict and the PRC Decision to Open Relations with the United States 11. Modernization, Westernization, and Geographic Responsibilities of the PLAN 12. China’s Historical and Regional Constraints and the Future of the PLAN Conclusions