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China has the world's largest fighting force, known collectively as the People's Liberation Army. Even today, in a stage of modernization,the PLA is still a political and ideological breeding ground, irrespective of the popular doctrine channelled from Peking that the Party controls the gun'. This book, which doesn't want to be a political one but nevertheless is soaked in political contexts, introduces many aspects of the PLA: its historical background, leaders, and its modern shape and role in particular. The last section deals with conventional weaponry and equipment in the PLA. (DÜI-Sbt)