Taiwan's Security and Air Power (eBook, ePUB)

Taiwan's Defense Against the Air Threat from Mainland China
Redaktion: Edmonds, Martin; Tsai, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together a range of experts from the West and from Taiwan itself who examine the key issues connected with Taiwan's air power, which is a key aspect of the China-Taiwan military balance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134350520
• Artikelnr.: 47884718

Autorenporträt

Martin Edmonds is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Centre for Defense and International Security Studies at Lancaster University. He is also founding Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Defense and Security Analysis and co-Director of the Lancaster and York Universities Defense Research Institute Michael M. Tsai is currently the Depute Taipei Representative in Washington DC with specific responsibility for Taiwan's relations with the US Department of Defense and the US Armed Forces. A member of the DPP, he served as a Legislator in the Legislative Yuan, when he also served as adviser to the Organizational Planning Committee of the Ministry of National Defense. He is the publisher of Taiwan Defense Affairs and founder of the Institute for Taiwan Defense and Strategic Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword ROCAF General Yang-Jou
ShiahPreface: The Challenges and Imperatives in Taiwan's Defense Peter
BrookesAbbreviationsIntroduction Martin Edmonds and Michael M. TsaiPart 1.
Air Power and Taiwan's Security1. Air Power and Taiwan's Security Martin
Edmonds2. Ten Pointers for Taiwan on Contemporary Air Power Greg MillsPart
2. The Balance of Air Power over the Taiwan Straits3. The Shifting Balance
of Air Superiority across the Taiwan Strait York Chen4. Command of the Air
over Taiwan Chih-Heng Yang and Tzu-Yun SuPart 3. The Air Threat from
Mainland China5. The PLA Air Force's Mobile Offensive Operations Kenneth
Allen6. Why a Chinese Preemptive Strike would Fail Robert PapePart 4. The
Air Defense of Taiwan7. The Air Battle Strategy in Taiwan's Defensive
Operations Chih-Kung Yu8. Joint Air and Missile Defense for Taiwan:
Implications for deterrence and defense Eric McVadon9. Air Base Defense:
Chinese Missile Attacks and Taiwan's Defensive Response Ming-Yen TsaiPart
5. Taiwan's Air Force and Future Requirements10. The ROCAF Military Culture
and Restructuring Chien Chung11. The ROCAF after Next: A Race to embrace
the Future Richard D. FisherIndex