| Summary: | 碩士 === 國防大學 === 戰略研究所 === 102 === British scholar Martin Shaw proposes the concept of ‘post-military society’ in his work, Post-Military Society: Militarism, Demilitarization, and War at the End of the Twentieth Century, and argues that the term does not mean the military and militarism have disappeared in modern society; instead, ‘post-military society’ means people have gradually left behind the society and culture that once dominated the mid-20th century and in which the military establishments comprehensively dictated, suppressed, and controlled the civilian.
After the conclusion of the Cold War, as a result of the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the developed countries in the East and the West alike grew to realize that there is very low possibility for another world war; most of the developed countries began to divert their concerns and interests to national economic development. Military operations other than war gradually ascend to the security agenda of the advanced powers in the face of non-traditional security threats which bring about economic impact.
Following the main stream of the international community, our country has also mandated disaster relief to the armed forces; the ROC military is now poised for disaster prevention and relief. This in turn entails an issue: our civil-military relationship is supposed to follow the global trend and be reoriented toward a ‘post-military society’; it needs modification to suit the new posture and to respond to the expectations and requirements of the society satisfactorily.
This paper aims to explore the policy of employing the armed forces in disaster prevention and relief missions and analyze the transformation of our civil-military relations in the currently unfolding ‘post-military society’. It is sincerely hoped that this study will provide practical and useful recommendations to our government and military establishments.
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