GERARD H.CORR, The Chinese red army, Reading, Berkshire, Osprey Publishing, 1974, 176 blz.

JÜRGEN DOMES, Kulturrevolution und Armee, Die Rolle der Streitkräfte in der chinesischen "Kulturrevolution", Bonn, Studiengesellschaft für Zeitprobleme, 1967, 134 blz.

Inside the red star, The memoirs of Marshal Nie Rongzhen, Beijing, New World Press, 1988, xi + 785 blz.

Jane's Special Report, China in crisis, The role of the military,  Coulsdon, Jane's Defence Data, 1989, 119 blz.

NGOK LEE, China's defence modernisation and military leadership, Sydney, Australian National University Press, 1989, xxi + 395 blz.

Memoirs of a Chinese Marshal, The autobiographical notes of Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1984, vi + 523 blz.

EDGAR SNOW, Red star over China, London, Gollancz, 1937, 464 blz.

WILLIAM H.WHITSON & HUANG CHEN-HSIA (ed.), The Chinese high command, A history of communist military politics 1927-71, London, Macmillan, 1973, xxv + 638 blz.

JOHN ROBERT YOUNG, The Dragon's Teeth, Inside China's armed forces, London, Hutchinson, 1987, 224 blz.