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研究生： 葉大為
Vernal, David George
論文名稱： 台灣軍官的海外培訓: 政策、 實務與績效
Overseas Education for Taiwanese Military Officers: Policy, Practice and Effects
指導教授： 冷則剛
Leng, Tse-Kang
學位類別： 碩士
Master
系所名稱： 社會科學學院 - 臺灣研究英語碩士學程(IMTS)
The International Master's Program in Taiwan Studies (IMTS)
論文出版年： 2005
畢業學年度： 94
語文別： 英文
論文頁數： 84
中文關鍵詞： 台灣軍官
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    • 台灣軍官

    Overseas Education for Taiwanese Military Officers:
    Policy, Practice and Effects
    By
    David G. Vernal
    This thesis explores the relationship between the overseas education for Taiwan’s military officers and the ongoing efforts to improve Taiwan’s national defense. This thesis examines the individual benefits of overseas education, the potential aid to defense reform these benefits can confer, and the cultural and institutional obstacles that returning officers encounter. First, the thesis analyzes secondary sources relating to Taiwan’s national security conditions, including the rise of China and Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation and reliance on the United States. Next, the thesis examines the types of foreign education available to military officers, the general role of education in officer development, and the larger context of international military education, especially as provided by the United States. Then, through in-depth interviews, the thesis will examine the benefits and pitfalls of overseas education as experienced by current and former military officers. The conclusions are that foreign education can potentially play a valuable role in addressing many aspects of defense reform but officers face barriers such as rigid thinking, a culture hostile to change, potential peer and superior hostility, and stiff promotion competition, among others. However, the picture is not all bleak, because there are signs that reform will win out as time progresses, and there is high-level attention to addressing the paradoxical career barriers returning officers face.

    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    1.1 PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH 1
    1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW 1
    1.3 METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURES 2
    2. CHALLENGES TO TAIWAN’S SECURITY 5
    2.1 THE RISE OF CHINA 6
    2.2 DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION 7
    2.3 TAIWAN’S DEFENSE RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. 9
    2.4 THE REFORM CONSENSUS 12
    2.5 THE UNITED STATES AND “SOFTWARE” REFORM 14
    2.6 ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM: DEPOLITICIZATION AND CIVILIAN CONTROL 16
    2.7 INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: JOINTNESS, PROFESSIONALIZATION AND PLANNING 17
    2.8 REFORMING MILITARY CULTURE 20
    2.9 PRAGMATIC DIPLOMACY 22
    2.10 DEMOCRATIZATION 23
    3. FOREIGN EDUCATION 27
    3.1 TYPES OF FOREIGN EDUCATION 27
    3.2 THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN OFFICER DEVELOPMENT 29
    3.3 THE BROADER CONTEXT OF U.S. MILITARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE 37
    3.4 MOTIVATIONS FOR RECEIVING U.S. PME 39
    3.5 RETURNING TO TAIWAN: BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES 44
    3.6 POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO ROC MILITARY REFORM 51
    3.7 OBSTACLES TO CHANGE 55
    3.8 LEGISLATIVE ATTENTION 66
    4. CONCLUSIONS 70
    4.1 SUMMATION 70
    4.2 LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH 72
    REFERENCES 73
    APPENDIX: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 76


    List of Tables

    Table 1. Interview Subjects ……………………………………………………………….. 3

    Table 2. Projections by Fiscal Year of U.S. PME Opportunities for Taiwan Officers …….29

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