PREFACE -- FIGURES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS -- Offices of the President and Vice President -- Office of the Premier of the Executive Yuan -- National Security Council -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- Ministry of National Defense -- General Staff Headquarters -- National Security Bureau -- The Kuomintang Standing Committee and Advisory Committees -- The Foreign and Overseas Affairs and National Defense Committees of the Legislative Yuan -- THE NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY PROCESS -- Ad Hoc, Private Meetings -- Limited Bureaucratic Policy Mechanisms -- DEFENSE POLICY, FORCE STRUCTURE, AND BUDGET/ PROCUREMENT DECISIONS -- SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS -- Office of the President -- Ministry of National Defense -- General Staff Headquarters -- Armed Services General Headquarters -- Legislative Yuan -- Impending Organizational Changes -- Defense Strategy and Force Structure Priorities -- THE WEAPONS PROCUREMENT DECISIONMAKING PROCESS -- Defense Plan and Budget Determination -- General Procurement Proposal Formulation -- CGS/MND Evaluation -- President/Premier Evaluation -- LY Intervention -- U.S./ROC Discussions -- Implementation -- Overall Assessment -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.