Format:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781136875342
Content:
Recent concern about mainland China's intentions towards Taiwan, and more general concern about the risk of instability in the region, has led to growing interest in Taiwan's military strategy, in how Taiwan perceives threats to itself, and in how the Taiwanese military are reacting to these perceived threats. This book, which includes contributions by leading Taiwanese military thinkers, explores current military strategy in Taiwan and how it is evolving. It discusses Taiwan's military modernisation, and the implications of the recent defeat after fifty years in power of the Kuomintang Party, implications which include a move away from an authoritarian garrison state culture, and the beginnings of a more open debate about defence. The book concludes with an overall appraisal of Taiwan's defence vision and makes recommendations on how Taiwan's defence might be enhanced.
Content:
Cover -- Defending Taiwan -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword: Future vision of Taiwan's defense policy and military strategy -- Preface: Defending Taiwan -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The relevance of Taiwan's future defense -- Part I The external security environment -- 1 The United States military security policy towards China -- 2 PLA capabilities in the next decade: The influence of politics -- Part II Evolution of Taiwan's military strategy -- 3 The evolution and adaptation of Taiwan's military strategy -- 4 Taiwan's defense modernization- the challenges ahead -- Part III Taiwan's military modernization -- 5 Planning the Army's modernization -- 6 A review of the ROC's military reform: A case study of the Taiwanese Navy -- 7 Air power in Taiwan's security: Adapting the revolution -- Part IV The cornerstones of Taiwan's defense vision -- 8 Theater missile defense: Its influence on cross-Strait and Asia-Pacific security -- 9 The evolution of the ROC's military-societal relations: From militarized society to socialized military -- 10 Revolutionary trends in the ROC's professional military education -- 11 Taiwan's strategic and military culture -- Part V Conclusion: Defending Taiwan -- 12 Defending Taiwan: Future conditional -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780700717392
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780700717392
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1486770
