Edmonds / Tsai Defending Taiwan

The Future Vision of Taiwan's Defence Policy and Military Strategy
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-87534-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edmonds, Martin

Tsai, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction: Future Vision of Taiwan's Defence Policy: the Challenge of Change

Part I. The External Security Environment

Chapter 2. US Military Security Policy toward the People's Republic of China

Chapter 3. The PLA's Capabilities in the Next Decade: The Crucial Influence of Politics

Part II. The Military Balance Across the Taiwan Strait

Chapter 4. The Evolution and Adaptation of Taiwan's Military Strategy

Chapter 5. Taiwan's Defence Modernisation: Facing the Challenge Ahead Part III. Taiwan's Military Modernisation

Chapter 6. The Modernisation of the Republic of China's Army

Chapter 7. The Republic of China Military Reform: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Navy

Chapter 8. Air Power and Taiwanese Security: Adapting to the Revolution

Part IV. The Cornerstones of Taiwanese Future Defence Vision

Chapter 9. The Evolution of Military-Society Relations in Taiwan: From Militarised Society to Socialised Military

Chapter 10. Revolutionary Trends in the Republic of China's Professional Military Education

Chapter 11. Taiwanese Military and Strategic Culture: What do they mean for Future Taiwanese Defence and Security

Part V. Conlusion

Chapter 12. Taiwan's Security and Defence in a Changing World

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Edmonds is Professor Fellow and Director of the Centre for Defense and International Security Studies at Lancaster University and Editor in Chief of Defense and Security Analysis. He is also Co-Director of the Lancaster and York Universities Defense Research Institute. Dr Michael M.Tsai is the Publisher of Taiwan Defense Affairs. He is a legislator in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (Parliament), an advisor of the Organizational Planning Committee of the Ministry of National Defense and the Convener of the Defense Policy Committee of the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party).