Taiwan's Security: History And Prospects

When Chiang Kai-shek fled from mainland China, his military was in disarray. Today, it appears to be a modern, well-equipped and well-trained force. But how capable is it? This book offers the first in-depth explanation and evaluation of Taiwan's defense forces and infrastructure. The author not only examines in detail each of Taiwan's military services, with descriptions of their organization, equipment, and personnel but also assesses the defense infrastructure as a whole with a focus on the ongoing attempt to civilianize that organization.
As the Taiwan Strait remains the focus of international tension between China and the United States this volume provides essential base-data and evaluation of the one of the major participants in this crisis and in this concluding part offers a comparative framework of Taiwan versus PRC militaries, with analysis of likely future developments between the two states, based on that comparison.
This book will be essential reading for students of Asian security, Asian politics, International Relations and Security Studies as well as to analysts and policy-makers.