Aiming to provide policymakers in the government and military of the Republic of China with an understanding of the current military-society relationship and help them create a more accountable military, the author applies the postmodern military model to civil-military relations in Taiwan, to study the impact of self-identification on a variety of perceptions of the Republic of China military and to what degree the beliefs of Taiwan's citizens about it are impacted by the way they identify ethnically, as either Chinese or Taiwanese. He explains the postmodern military model and the concept of ethnic self-identification, and assesses the military using the model according to the perceptions of the citizens of Taiwan in terms of the model’s dimensions of threat perception that drives the military and society in Taiwan, force structure and conscientious objectors in the military, the mission definition of the military, dominant military professional and civilian employees, spouses in the military community, women and homosexuals in the military, and public attitudes and media relations related to the military, ending with policy recommendations.