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100 1 _aZHANG Xiaoming
245 _aChina's 1979 war with Vietnam:
_ba reassessment /
_cXiaoming Zhang
260 _c2005
520 _aThis review of China's invasion of Vietnam looks at what China hoped to achieve, the military strategy and preparations for the attack, and the aftermath. China intended to "teach Vietnam a lesson" but the PLA performed poorly and it was China that (in a military sense) received the lesson. Considers the political and military repercussions of the conflict from China's perspective.
650 _aSINO VIETNAMESE WAR
650 _aCHINA VIETNAM WAR 1979
690 _aChina
773 _aThe China Quarterly :
_gNo 184, December 2005, pp.851-874 (17)
945 _i19539-1001
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_sY
999 _c5536
_d5536