Civil-Military Relations in Taiwan: Identity and Transformation

The armed forces of the
Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan are in dire need of reform to address a
plethora of problems including inadequate training, low morale, poor public
perception, and low recruitment numbers. This book uses the postmodern military model to measure how public
perception of the military is influenced by self-identification in Taiwan, and
it shows that the public has little confidence or trust in their military, even
as they remain acutely aware of the threat posed by an increasingly belligerent
China and its ever-growing People's Liberation Army.