LARRY M. WORTZEL spent much of his thirty-two-year military career in the Asia-Pacific region, including two tours of duty as a military attaché in China. He served as director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College and, after retirement, as Asian studies director and vice president at the Heritage Foundation. For over a decade he has been a commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He is the author or editor of ten previously published books about China. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
"A book well worth reading and retaining."—Paul Godwin, China
Quarterly
“This book is both important and timely. As we collectively
endeavor to understand China’s trajectory, Dr. Wortzel provides us
with unique insights into the capabilities of the PLA, as well as
the role they are likely to play in decision making going forward.
He sheds a great deal of light on an otherwise opaque military.
This is a significant contribution to the policy making community
and a “must read” for current and aspiring China Hands.”—RICHARD L.
ARMITAGE, former deputy secretary of state, and president, Armitage
International
“This comprehensive and thorough study by a seasoned PLA watcher
shows how China’s emerging capabilities in space, cyberwarfare,
strategic missiles, and other advanced technologies are laying the
foundation for its rise as a global military power. As China’s
worldwide economic interests grow in breadth and depth, this
careful and realistic assessment of China’s parallel military
capabilities deserves close attention among all who are
contemplating how the United States should configure its national
security goals ahead.”—ALICE L. MILLER, research fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University
“The title says it all: The Dragon Extends Its Reach is a
masterwork of research and review about the recent past and a
superb delivery of prognostication regarding what is arguably the
single most important geo-political nation-state on the face of the
earth, especially in the context of its potential impact on global
security and specifically on the security of the United States. All
government leaders, generals and admirals, intelligence
professionals, captains of industry, and every citizen who cares
about our relationship with the People’s Republic of China should
read every sentence of this book.”—LT. GEN PATRICK M. HUGHES, USA
(Ret.), and president, PMH Enterprises LLC
“Larry Wortzel has written an indispensable guide to the People’s
Liberation Army. It is especially strong using Chinese sources,
from ancient military strategists to the current chief scientist
for cyber security at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. While he
sometimes gives the PLA the benefit of capabilities about which I
have doubts, his judgments on the gap between the PLA’s reach and
its grasp are balanced. A strength of the book is its treatment of
the many important components of the PLA beyond ground, air, and
naval forces—space, information, and electronic warfare; the
general political department; and rocket forces. Those newly
interested in the PLA can do no better than to start with this
book, and we longtime PLA-engagers can also test our knowledge and
learn by reading it.”—DENNIS BLAIR, former director of national
intelligence and commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Command
"In order to understand the PLA's influence on China's aggressive
foreign policies, and how they plan to use cyber warfare to achieve
their objectives, this is must read book."—ADMIRAL ACE LYONS (USN
Ret.), former commander, US Pacific Fleet
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