Xiaobing Li > Quotes

“Chinese troops did not engage the US forces in ground warfare in the South but provided military assistance to the NVA and NLF in air defense, combat engineering, railroad and highway construction and maintenance, and communication network establishment in the North; and finance and logistics in the South.”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

“The Chinese advisors introduced some of their successful tactics from the Chinese Civil War of 1946–1949. Among the developed tactics were those designed to outnumber the enemy whenever possible in order to wipe out entire enemy units instead of simply repelling them, engage the enemy in mobile operations, and achieve surprise whenever possible.”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

“The Vietnamese troops had experience with traditional guerrilla warfare as well as small-scale operations, but Chinese advisors believed that the Viet Minh should engage in large-scale offensive campaigns and seek decisive battles in order to destroy more French troops.76”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

“Having noticed Stalin’s priority and intent, Mao accepted Stalin’s perception of a “worldwide communist revolution,” and was ready to share “the international responsibility.” In Moscow, Mao agreed to support Ho’s war against the French because Mao also considered internationalism as one of the fundamental principles of the CCP.13”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

“As internationalists we should regard assistance to Vietnam as an important international task and should spare no effort to help the Vietnamese achieve victory.”66”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War

“For more details on the Western WOW, see Hanson, Carnage and Culture; Parker, ed., The Cambridge History of Warfare; Keegan, A History of Warfare.”
― Xiaobing Li, The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War