《当代中国民兵》一书,概要地回顾了我国民兵的发展历程和在长期革命战争中所起的伟大作用,总结了建国以来民兵建设的经验教训,有史有论,有人有事,是一部具有一定理论水平、学术价值和现实指导意义的新书,许多史料是第一次公开。新中国成立40年来民兵建设的历史,是曲折复杂的,有成功,也有失误。十分可贵的是这本书披露了民兵建设方面的某些重大失误,并作了实事求是的分析、明确的表述和科学的论证。如,50年代初期,由于不恰 The book “Contemporary Chinese Militia” briefly reviews the course of the development of our militia and the great role it played in the long-term revolutionary war. It summarizes the experiences and lessons of the militia construction since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. A certain theoretical level, academic value and practical guidance of the new book, many historical data is the first public. The history of the militia building in the 40 years since the founding of People’s Republic of China in New China is both complicated and tortuous. There are successes and mistakes. It is very valuable that this book disclosed some major mistakes in the militia building and made a pragmatic analysis, a clear formulation and a scientific argument. For example, early 1950s, due to not exactly