The Soldier and the Citizen: Role of the Military in Taiwan's Development (Taiwan in the Modern World)

Monte R. Bullard

ISBN 10: 1563249782 / ISBN 13: 9781563249785

Published by Routledge 1997-01-07, 1997

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Title: The Soldier and the Citizen: Role of the ...

Publisher: Routledge 1997-01-07

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

A soldier-citizen describes the role of the Republic of China's military in the political socialization of Taiwan's citizens during the first two decades after the loss of the Chinese mainland.

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One critical facet of Taiwan's extraordinary development is conspicuously absent from nearly all studies of its recent history: the role of the military in the nation-building process. In this important study, a soldier-citizen describes the role of the Republic of China's military in the political socialization of Taiwan's citizens during the first two decades after the Nationalists' defeat on the Chinese mainland. The book describes in detail how the military was used by the government to promote patriotic values throughout the society, often going beyond what is considered part of the military-commission. Colonel Bullard coins the term "allegiance warfare" to describe the politically neutral involvement of the military in creating and maintaining nationalistic citizen values throughout the society.