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Paltiel reviews CHINA AND THE LEGACY OF DENG XIAOPING: From Communist Revolution to Capitalist Evolution by Michael E. Marti.

Civil-military relations in China demonstrate a unique fusion of military and political leadership within the Communist Party. Variously described as a "symbiosis," "dual-role elite" or "the Party in uniform," this feature rooted in the guerrilla experience of the Chinese Communist Party was sustained over six decades by the political longevity of the Long March generation. The civil war experience formed political leaders skilled in both civil affairs and military command. Analysts of civil-military relations in China must therefore define the scope of "civil" in relation to the Chinese Communist Party.

The author points out that civil-military relations in China demonstrate a unique fusion of military and political leadership within the Communist Party. The long anticipated transfer of power to a post-revolutionary generation of leaders will inevitably participate a revision of the place of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the political system. The author examines "constitutional" position of the PLA within the Chinese system of power, the recruitment pattern of military elites and the relationship of military elites to other political elites, threats to the corporate character of the PLA among other issues. (DÜI-Sen)