Why Taiwan?: Geostrategic Rationales for China’s Territorial Integrity

Alan Wachman

  • PublishedDecember, 2023
  • Binding平裝 / 21*14.8 / 360pages / 單色(黑) / 中文
  • Publisher國立臺灣大學出版中心
  • SeriesTaiwan Studies Series 33
  • ISBN978-986-350-783-3
  • GPN1011201592
  • Price NT$520
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Why has the PRC been so determined that Taiwan be part of China? Why, since the 1990s, has Beijing been feverishly developing means to prevail in combat with the U.S. over Taiwan's status? Why is Taiwan worth fighting for? To answer, this book focuses on the territorial dimension of the Taiwan issue and highlights arguments made by PRC analysts about the geostrategic significance of Taiwan, rather than emphasizing the political dispute between Beijing and Taipei. It considers Beijing's quest for Taiwan since 1949 against the backdrop of recurring Chinese anxieties about the island's status since the seventeenth century.

In recent years, the PRC has become dependent on international maritime commerce and has undertaken to expand considerably its navy to ensure access to the sea. PRC analysts concerned about strategy have articulated rationales for eliminating rival influences over Taiwan, the location of which is deemed as critical to China's projection of naval power. This book traces the evolution, explains the appeal, and suggests implications of the geostrategic calculations that pervade PRC strategic considerations of Taiwan.

Alan M. Wachman (1958-2012) was Associate Professor of International Politics at Tufts University.

目次
導讀/任雪麗
致謝

第一章 緒論
  問題:為什麼是臺灣?
  由硬到軟:北京改變對臺戰略
  軟硬兼施:北京再次改變對臺戰略
  解放軍增強軍力:硬的更硬
  本書架構與主旨
第二章 重述臺海紛爭:臺灣的地理與戰略重要性
  表述:臺灣對北京為何重要?
  把臺灣之地位帶回討論
  臺灣:緩衝或橋頭堡?
  領土重要性
  地理、地緣政治與戰略優勢
第三章 大清人民共和國?
  歷史考量:不倫不類
  描繪中國的「認知地圖」
  從邊疆到福建省:清朝征服臺灣
  施琅與臺灣的地緣戰略重要性
  日本侵吞清朝領土疆域
  小結
第四章 重要性轉移(一):國民黨從漠不關心到地緣戰略必要
  國民黨對臺灣漠不關心
  臺灣與開羅熔爐
  蔣介石《中國之命運》與臺灣的戰略重要性
第五章 重要性轉移(二):中共從漠不關心到工具性憤怒
  中國共產黨對臺灣漠不關心
  毛澤東對臺灣的最初看法
  1942,有些意義的一年
  小結
第六章 重要性轉移(三):從內戰到冷戰
  內戰與對於臺灣的戰略關注
  中美對立中的臺灣
第七章 中華人民共和國「想像地理」中的臺灣
  「想像地理」
  從海權到超級強權
  臺灣:想像的海權門戶
  海上交通線、潛艇與戰略
  地緣戰略辯證與臺灣的重要性
第八章 為什麼是臺灣?大匯流
  可能影響

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