Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy write by Desmond Ball. This book was released on 2016-05-18. Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Paul Dibb AM has had an extraordinary career. He enjoys an international scholarly reputation of the highest order, while at the same time he has done much distinguished public service. He was a pioneer in moving back and forth between posts in government departments, notably the Department of Defence, and academia. He began as a student of Soviet economic geography, and then spent nearly two decades in Australian Defence intelligence, including service as Head of the National Assessments Staff (NAS) in the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) from 1974 to 1978, Deputy Director of JIO in 1978–80, Director of JIO in 1986–88, and Deputy Secretary of Defence (Strategy and Intelligence) in 1988–91, before becoming a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at The Australian National University (where he is now an Emeritus Professor). He has been quite happy to engage in vigorous public debate about important and controversial strategic and defence issues, giving him a high public profile. The contributors include two former Chancellors of ANU, one a former Minister of Defence, and the other a former Secretary of the Department of Defence, a former Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), and other former senior officials, as well as academic specialists in geography, international relations, and strategic and defence studies. ‘This would be a high-quality set of essays for any edited volume, but for a festschrift – a genre that sometimes generates uneven collections – this is an exceptional assembly. The individual pieces are very good; together, they have coherence and power.’ – Professor Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University
Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice
Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice write by Thomas Juneau. This book was released on 2019-09-04. Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.
Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography
Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography write by Stuart Pearson. This book was released on 2018-03-08. Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing from military geography’s spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and multi-disciplinary ways of acting in a complex world, while making the case for a resurgence of strategic and military geography in Australia. Here, leading experts demonstrate that geography retains its relevance in clarifying the scale and dynamics of defense activities in assessments of the international, regional, national, and site impacts of changes in physical, cyber and human geographies. The cases presented show Australia contributing to a growing strategic and military geography.
From Far East to Asia Pacific
From Far East to Asia Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Far East to Asia Pacific write by Brian P. Farrell. This book was released on 2022-07-18. From Far East to Asia Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The years 1900 to 1954 marked the transformation from an exotic, colonized "Far East" to a more autonomous, prominent "Asia Pacific". This anthology examines the grand strategies of great powers as they vied for influence and ultimately hegemony in the region. At the turn of the twentieth century, the main contestants included the venerable British Empire and the aspiring Japan and United States. The unwieldy leviathan of China, the European imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, and the expanses of the western Pacific emerged as battlegrounds in literal and geopolitical terms. Other less powerful nations, such as India, Burma, Australia, and French Indochina, also exercised agency in crafting grand strategies to further their interests and in their interactions with those great powers. Among the many factors affecting all nations invested in the Asia Pacific were such traditional elements as economics, military power, and diplomacy, as well as fluid traits like ideology, culture, and personality. The era saw the decline of British and European influence in the Asia Pacific, the rise and fall of Japanese imperialism, the emergence of American primacy, the ongoing struggle for independence in Southeast Asia, and China’s resurrection as a contender for hegemony. Great powers shifted and so too did their grand strategies.
History as Policy
History as Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History as Policy write by Ron Huisken. This book was released on 2007-12-01. History as Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The fortieth anniversary of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre's founding provided the opportunity to assemble many of Australia's leading analysts and commentators to review some of the more significant issues that should define Australian defence policy. ... The papers collected in this volume are not informed by a common view of where Australia should focus its defence policy, but all address themes that should figure prominently in this difficult but essential task"--Provided by publisher.
