戰後臺灣政治史研究回顧與展望（2018-2019）

Political History Research of Postwar Taiwan 2018-2019: Retrospect and Prospect

本文以2018年與2019年臺灣學界有關戰後臺灣政治史的研究為中心，旁及日文的研究成果，就重要與熱門的研究取向，大要地整理回顧。同時參酌歷年回顧與展望的相關文章，簡要地呈現2007年以來戰後臺灣政治史的重要主題。2018年至2019年的戰後臺灣政治史研究，約可分「涉外議題中的臺灣人與東亞脈絡」、「白色恐怖、二二八與其他重大政治事件」、「內政治理與媒體宣傳」與「軍事議題」等四大類，受益於新史料的開發，特別是對美國等外國檔案的運用，許多舊課題得以展現內外交融的新特色。而十三年來此領域的熱門題目，仍以二二八事件與白色恐怖相關研究為首，統治體制與戰後初期政權轉換的斷裂與延續問題是另一大特色，臺灣地位亦始終為外交面向的關切焦點。展望未來，「中華民國如何可能」與「臺灣如何可能」的提問，或許可增益思考。中華民國如何生存，內政層面特別是省政府層級的作為，國際層面如文化冷戰等領域，仍有待開拓。而在民間、反抗或受難等相對於統治者的概念之外，被大國地緣政治忽略的臺灣住民想法與特殊處境，還有待突顯。融合這兩者，例如臺灣關係法制訂過程中海外臺灣人社群的角色，執政後所謂臺灣人政權的發展，以及國民黨之外各政黨的史料蒐集與歷史撰述，都是戰後臺灣政治史亟待補白的空缺。當然，一部由臺灣學者書寫的戰後臺灣政治史通史，仍是未盡課題。

This article focuses on the political history research of postwar Taiwan during 2018-2019, and discusses the major issues examined. Moreover, this article also traces the changing trend of political history research of postwar Taiwan since 2007. Between 2018 and 2019, there are four domains of intense research, namely Taiwanese in foreign affairs, political events like February 28 incident, internal governance and propaganda, and military affairs. In fact, for more than a decade, white terror and February 28 incident have been the leading research topics, while the governance of the ROC, the change of regime from wartime to postwar era, and the status of Taiwan in the political arena have also been widely studied. Thanks to newly opened archives, recent political history studies on Taiwan can have complementary internal and external perspectives. Directions for future research will be on ''how the ROC evolves'' and ''what Taiwan should become''. Topics related to internal affairs such as the role of the Taiwan Provincial Government and international issues such as cultural cold war are also worth exploration. Furthermore, beyond the concepts of non-governmental, resistance and oppression, the thoughts and activities of Taiwanese in important foreign affairs still await more attention. In line with the abovementioned would be research on the role of overseas Taiwanese during the formation of the Taiwan Relations Act, the Taiwanese government after the year 2000, and the history and primary data of other political parties in addition to KMT. Last but not the least, a general political history of postwar Taiwan by Taiwanese scholars would be much anticipated.