{"product_id":"taiwans-security-bernard-cole-9780415365819","title":"Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 civil-military relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides crucial base-line data and evaluation of one of the major participants in an ongoing crisis across the Taiwan Strait that has the potential of involving China and the United States in armed conflict. It examines the danger of a possibly nuclear conflict between China and the United States which would seriously disrupt all of East Asia. It also shows how Taiwan's defence policies and actions do not match the threat - Taipei needs to develop and pursue realistic policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is essential reading for all students of East Asian security and Sino-American relations and of international and security studies in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415365813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415365819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.34w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 321","brand":"Bernard Cole","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064905216255,"sku":"9780415365819","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97232582-66c3-4e32-b898-ae7ffb2fe51d.jpg?v=1768671824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/taiwans-security-bernard-cole-9780415365819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}