Taiwan's defense reform / Andrew L. Ross -- China's military threat to Taiwan in the twenty-first century / Andrew Scobell -- China's military modernization and Taiwan's defense reforms / Dennis V. Hickey -- Overview of Taiwan's defense reform / York W. Chen and Martin Edmonds -- Defense policy-making and civilian roles / Ching-Pu Chen -- Analysis of the republic of china's military organization and force structure / Ming-Shih Shen and Chen-Tin Tsai -- Development of Taiwan's revolution in military affairs after the implementation of the 2002 National Defense Act / Wen-Chung Lee -- Role of the United States in Taiwan's defense reforms / Michael Pillsbury -- Arming Taiwan for the future / Eric A. McVadon -- Funding for Taiwan's defense reform / Michael M. Tsai and Jason C. Lin -- Republic of China armed services' human resource policy / Ping-Hsiung Lo -- Military education and defense reform / Wen-Chung Chai and Tzu-Yun Su.