TY - BOOK AU - HICKEY Dennis Van Vranken TI - Taiwan's security in the changing international system SN - 1555876277 (hbk.): PY - 1997/// CY - Boulder, CO PB - Lynne Rienner KW - NATIONAL SECURITY KW - TAIWAN N2 - Study of Taiwans security capabilities since the end of the Cold War and the economic development of mainland China. Concludes that so long as Taiwan maintains de facto rather than de jure independence and sustains sufficient military capability to deter an attack by the PRC "the probabilities for conflict across the Taiwan Strait should remain at a manageable level" ER -