This is the first explanation and evaluation of Taiwan’s defence forces and infrastructure. It examines not only Taiwan’s armed forces, but also its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and
In 1933, Alice Tisdale Hobart, wife of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey manager in Nanking, published Oil for the Lamps of China.1 Hobart had traveled widely in China and proved to be a very obs
In this new edition, Bernard Cole revises his acclaimed study of China's Navy as it continues to grow in the unfolding twenty-first century while the U.S. Navy is shrinking. The Great Wall at Sea, Se
This book examines China’s national security strategy by looking at the three major elements—foreign policy, energy security, and naval power—all interactive and major influences on China’s future and
Cole (international history, National War College) addresses energy security from the perspectives of its increasing importance to the coastal countries of Asia and the regional drive to develop the n
This is the first explanation and evaluation of Taiwan’s defence forces and infrastructure. It examines not only Taiwan’s armed forces, but also its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and
