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In this paper, a significant research concerned with the strategy and force development of China¡¦s navy that has tremendous effects in attacking Taiwan will be explored and presented. As known in the recent and future development of China¡¦s navy strategy, it has always been covered and related to decent issues and fields. To get the real answer and result regarding to their strategy, we must dedicately investigate and review the relationship between the ground background and the China¡¦s navy strategist. Besides, acquiring the strategy mission and capability of China¡¦s navy has also become one important factor while we carrying on researching in their stages of development. Taiwan has always been the focus not only in the position of military strategy but also an ammunition depot from the view of U.S. since the separated governing in both sides in 1949. In conclusion, this study will provide valuable and valid reference information for our military strategy persons and officers by analzing the purpose of their attacking, understanding their military targets and plans, background of history theories of geography and conditions, and unpredictable situations of strategy as well.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-102).

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The introduction of steam propulsion during the early nineteenth century presented the Royal Navy with two interlinked challenges. In the first, steam propulsion had to overcome the sceptics and the challenges of technical development until it proved a reliable and superior alternative to sail. The second was a challenge to the social infrastructure of the Navy which struggled to integrate increasingly large numbers of engine room personnel into a traditional close knit naval hierarchy dominated by seamen. The engineers’ struggle for commissioned status and equality with the executive branch is well documented, as is the history of the engine room artificers’ branch. By comparison, where naval and historical custom has promoted and celebrated the ideal of the Royal Naval ‘bluejacket’ or seaman, its stokers have become subjects of censure while their story has been largely ignored and corrupted by prejudice and myths. Tradition dictates that stokers are portrayed as coarse, uneducated men with a reputation for being trouble makers. As a result, they were judged to have the worst discipline record on the lower-deck. Because of the physical nature of their work and the filth and detritus from the coal they worked with they were also commonly believed to originate from the lowest classes of contemporary society. Yet without stokers no ship could leave harbour let alone engage the enemy. Every item of machinery and equipment onboard a ship relied on the steam produced by stokers. But far from being seen as equals or given any credit for their endeavours in the miniature hell of the stokehole, stokers became social outcasts. No other branch of men in the Navy has been subjected to such longstanding and deep seated censure. The negative stereotypes which surround stokers continue to perpetuate a disservice to a much overlooked and maligned branch of men. In order to determine the reasons why stokers attracted such negative sympathies this thesis will separate the facts from the myths and offer a new perspective on the men condemned by history as ‘the lowest of the low.’

This thesis examines factors that influence the retention desires of spouses of US Navy junior enlisted personnel. Data were obtained from the 1999 Survey of Spouses of Active Duty Personnel on spouses who resided with the military member, whose significant other was in paygrades E1 to E4, and had between 9 months and 4 years of active duty service. Logistic regression is utilized to measure the influence of various demographic, military, and attitudinal variables on spouse's desire that the significant other stay on active duty. Significant positive influences include: spouse a member of a race/ethnic group other than White, Hispanic, or Black; service member an E4 rather than E-1 to E-3; and spouse perceives own education opportunities and healthcare benefits better in military life than in civilian world. Significant negative influences include: spouse is male; service member on sea duty; and number of PCS moves. Further research is recommended to identify policy changes that would influence spouses to more strongly desire that their significant other remain on active duty.