People's Liberation Army Publishing House (PLA Publishing House)

The PLA Publishing House (Jiefangjun Chubanshe) focuses on military history, documentary military history, and military theory, with additional titles in military literature and political theory. Its 16 books in the catalog fall mainly under history and military categories. Representative works include Sparks That Started a Prairie Fire (Vol. 1), The History of the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Vol. 1), and the war histories of the 115th and 129th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army and of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Field Armies, forming a fairly systematic series of campaign and military histories. Its authors are chiefly marshals and generals such as Liu Bocheng, He Long, Chen Yi, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying, along with military history editorial committees, emphasizing the compilation of original campaign records through collective authorship. Because public information is limited, this description centers on the publishing profile reflected in the catalog's holdings.