Treatise on National Defense : A Classical Discussion on Whether to Join a War or Not

Jiang Baili was a seminal Chinese military theorist and father-in-law of Qian Xuesen, father of Chinese rocketry.He accurately predicted the time when the Second Would War would break out as well as the trajectory of Chinese fight against Japanese invasion. He also incorporated his thoughts on national defense into his examination of culture and values, to investigate the origin of the defense spirit, an integral part of a country's defense power.The book brings together the most valuable parts of Jiang Baili's military writings. He reviewed the economic, political, military and cultural changes since the First World War, drew on the latest military theories in the West while revisiting ancient Chinese military thoughts, before making suggestions on construction of Chinese national defense.