BUILDING HOS ARMY
BUILDING HOS ARMY
Chinese Military Assistance to North Vietnam
Xiaobing Li
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Li, Xiaobing, 1954- author.
Title: Building Hos army : Chinese military assistance to North Vietnam / Xiaobing Li.
Other titles: Chinese military assistance to North Vietnam
Description: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019014997| ISBN 9780813177946 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780813177960 (pdf) | ISBN 9780813177977 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Vietnam. Qu?an d??oi nh?an d?anHistory. | Military assistance, ChineseVietnam (Democratic Republic) | Vietnam (Democratic Republic)Military relations--China. | ChinaMilitary relationsVietnam (Democratic Republic) | Vietnam (Democratic Republic)History, Military.
Classification: LCC UA853.V5 L49 2019 | DDC 355/.0325970951dc23
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Contents
Illustrations
MAPS
Abbreviations
AAA | anti-aircraft artillery |
AD-AFC | Air DefenseAir Force Command (NVA) |
AMS | Academy of Military Science (PLA) |
ARVN | Army of Vietnam (South Vietnamese Army) |
ATK | safe area (safe house, Viet Minh) |
CASS | China Academy of Social Sciences |
CCP | Chinese Communist Party |
CFISS | China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies |
CHECO | Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operation (USAF) |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (US) |
CMAG | Chinese Military Advisory Group (Vietnam) |
CMC | Central Military Commission (CCP) |
Comintern | Communist International (Moscow) |
COSVN | Central Office for South Vietnam |
CPK | Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) |
CPPCC | Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference |
CPVF | Chinese Peoples Volunteers Force (in the Korean War) |
CSSM | China Society for Strategic and Management |
CVFAV | Chinese Volunteer Forces to Assist Vietnam (PLA) |
CYL | Communist Youth League (Vietnamese Communist Party) |
DGL | Department of General Logistics (PLA) |
DGPT | Department of General Political Tasks (PLA) |
DGS | Department of General Staff (PLA) |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
DOD | Department of Defense (US) |
DPRK | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) |
DRV | Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) |
FCP | French Communist Party |
FDR | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
GLD | General Logistics Department (PAVN) |
GMC | General Military Committee (Viet Minh) |
GMD | Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang) |
GPD | General Political Department (PAVN) |
GRSD | General Rear Services Department (PAVN) |
GSD | General Staff Department (PAVN) |
GVN | government of Vietnam (South Vietnam) |
HMA | Huangpu Military Academy (Whampoa Military Academy) |
HQ | headquarters |
ICP | Indochinese Communist Party |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff (US) |
KGB | Security and Intelligence Service (Soviet Union) |
KMT | Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party, or Guomindang) |
LAG | Logistics Advisory Group (CMAG) |
LOC | lines of communication |
MAAG | Military Assistance and Advisory Group (US) |
MAG | Military Advisory Group (CMAG) |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NDU | National Defense University (China) |
NLF | National Liberation Front (also known as Viet Cong) |
NSA | National Security Agency (US) |
NSC | National Security Council (US) |
NVA | North Vietnamese Army (or Peoples Army of Vietnam) |
OSS | Office of Strategic Services (US) |
PAG | Political Advisory Group (CMAG) |
PAVN | Peoples Army of Vietnam (Communist Vietnam) |
PLA | Peoples Liberation Army (China) |
PLAAF | PLA Air Force |
PLACEC | PLA Combat Engineering Corps |
PLAF | Peoples Liberation Armed Force (Southern Vietnamese Communists, or PLAVN) |
PLAN | PLA Navy |
PLAVN | Peoples Liberation Army of Vietnam (Southern Vietnamese Communists) |
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