The Defence Of Australia

Author : Hugh White
Publisher : La Trobe University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781743820971

Get Book

How to Defend Australia by Hugh White Pdf

A brilliant and important book about Australia’s future Can Australia defend itself in the Asian century? How seriously ought we take the risk of war? Do we want to remain a middle power? What kind of strategy, and what Australian Defence Force, do we need? In this groundbreaking book, Hugh White considers these questions and more. With exceptional clarity and frankness, he makes the case for a reconceived defence of Australia. Along the way he offers intriguing insights into history, technology and the Australian way of war. Hugh White is the country’s most provocative, revelatory and yet realistic commentator on Australia’s strategic and defence orientation. In an age of power politics and armed rivalry in Asia, it is time for fresh thinking. In this controversial and persuasive contribution, White sets new terms for one of the most crucial conversations Australia needs to have. ‘This book, by one of Australia’s leading defence policy thinkers, will be a very important contribution to our national discussion in coming years. Hugh White tackles many challenging issues and opens up the new debate that we need to have as Australia plots its course through a changing international environment.’—Robert O’Neill, former Chichele Professor of the history of war, University of Oxford ‘Hugh White is among our most knowledgeable and practised strategists. While I am strongly supportive of the US alliance, How to Defend Australia is a serious work from a serious patriot that requires close reading. It deserves a wide audience.’—Kim Beazley

Author : Thomas Bruce Millar
Publisher : [Melbourne] : Melbourne University Press [1965]
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015022447513

Get Book

Australia's Defence by Thomas Bruce Millar Pdf

Author : Ron Huisken,Meredith Thatcher
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921313561

Get Book

History as Policy by Ron Huisken,Meredith Thatcher Pdf

"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.

Author : Danielle Chubb,Ian McAllister
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811573972

Get Book

Australian Public Opinion, Defence and Foreign Policy by Danielle Chubb,Ian McAllister Pdf

This book examines the impact of Australian public opinion towards defence and foreign policy from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. For most of this period, the public showed little interest in defence and security policy and possessed limited knowledge about the strategic options available. The principal post-war exception to this pattern is, of course, the Vietnam War, when political divisions over Australia’s support for the U.S.-led action eventually resulted in the withdrawal of troops in 1972. The period since 2001 has seen a fundamental change both in the public’s views of defence and foreign affairs, and in how these issues are debated by political elites. This has come about as a result of major changes in the strategic environment such as a heightened public awareness of terrorism, party political divisions over Australia’s military commitment to the 2003-11 Iraq War and the increasing overlap of economic and trade considerations with defence and foreign policies, which has increased the public’s interest in these issues. Combining the expertise of one of Australia's foremost scholars of public opinion with that of an expert of international relations, particularly as pertains to Australia in Asia, this book will be a critical read for those wishing to understand Australia's alliance with the U.S., interactions with Asia and China, and the distinctive challenges posed to Australia by its geographic position.

Author : Vince Scappatura
Publisher : Investigating Power
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1925523527

Get Book

The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy by Vince Scappatura Pdf

Australian society and its leaders generally take for granted the importance and value of this nation's relationship with the United States. The US is commonly thought of as the world's great purveyor of liberal values and the rule of law, and as a powerful friend indispensable to Australian security. In The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy Vince Scappatura demonstrates how these conceptions are underpinned by the work of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, Australia's most important, private, pro-US lobby group. As the inner workings of this lobby are unveiled for the first time, Scappatura also discusses the considerable costs to Australia of its strong military ties to the US, draws into question notions of "benign" US power, and demonstrates that suggestions of the US keeping Australia safe from invasion are flatly wrong. For Australia's national security elite, other considerations, to do with power and wealth and spreading political influence, are to the fore...

Author : Australia. Department of Defence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822003691490

Get Book

The Defence of Australia, 1987 by Australia. Department of Defence Pdf

Author : Paul Dibb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCAL:B4239356

Get Book

Review of Australia's Defence Capabilities by Paul Dibb Pdf

Author : Alan Dupont
Publisher : Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X006141321

Get Book

Transformation Or Stagnation? by Alan Dupont Pdf

Author : Bruce Hunt
Publisher : Investigating Power
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Australia
ISBN : 192549540X

Get Book

Australia's Northern Shield? by Bruce Hunt Pdf

This book is the first to draw extensively on the recently released highly classified notes of the cabinet room discussions of successive Australian Governments, from 1950 to the mid-1970s. It details the changing attitude of the nation's leaders towards the place of Papua New Guinea in Australia's defense and security outlook. The Cabinet Notebooks provide an uncensored and unprecedented insight into the opinion of Australia's leaders towards Indonesia under Sukarno, Southeast Asia and Indo-China in general; the changing nature of relations with Britain and the United States; and towards Papua New Guinea. The cabinet room discussions reveal attitudes towards Asia and Australia's place in the region which are more nuanced, varied, and sensitive than previously known. They also illustrate the dominant influence of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen in shaping Australia's response to the critical events of the time. Australia's Northern Shield? shows how, since colonial times, Australia has assessed the importance of Papua New Guinea by examining the ambitions of and threats from external sources, principally Imperial Germany, Japan, and Indonesia. It examines the significant change in Australia's attitude as this region approached independence in 1975, amid concerns as to the new nation's future stability and unity. The terms of Australia's long-term defense undertaking are examined in detail, and an examination is offered of the most recent attempts to define the strategic importance of Papua New Guinea to Australia. (Series: Investigating Power) [Subject: Politics, History, Southeast Asian Studies]

Author : Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria
Publisher : Melbourne : Hawthorn Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013299337

Get Book

The Defence of Australia by Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria Pdf

Author : Richard Brabin-Smith
Publisher : Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822030184733

Get Book

The Heartland of Australia's Defence Policies by Richard Brabin-Smith Pdf

Author : David Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822004984365

Get Book

A Fatal Rivalry by David Evans Pdf

The author argues that there is not one city or military establishment in Australia that could be properly defended against air attack - without American help. He also surveys matters such as the unprecedented resignation rate from all three services, the expensive frigate program, the myth that there will be ten years' warning of any attack on Australia and the inadequacies of our top military leadership. He exposes the debilitating rivalries that exist, both between civilians and the military and among the three armed services.

Author : Shubhamitra Das
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Asia, Southeastern
ISBN : UCSD:31822035172782

Get Book

Australia's Defence Policy and South-East Asia by Shubhamitra Das Pdf

The Book Studies The Interplay Between Australia`S Security Issues (Self-Reliance, Alliance And Regional Security) And Regional Interdependence With South East Asia.

Author : Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Publisher : Australian Government Publishing Service
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015047770048

Get Book

Australia's Defence Co-operation with Its Neighbours in the Asian-Pacific Region by Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Pdf

Author : Alan Stephens
Publisher : Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822034377309

Get Book

Dien Bien Phu, and the Defence of Australia by Alan Stephens Pdf

In May 1954 Vietnamese nationalists won one of the great military victories of the modern era when they defeated a French expeditionary force at the remote outpost of Dien Bien Phu. Vietnam's stunning triumph ended French colonialism in Indochina and set the scene for the United States disastrous intervention eight years later. Although the fall of Dien Bien Phu occurred more than half a century ago, the battle continues to present a compelling metaphor for contemporary Australian military strategy. Numerous factors contributed to the Viet Minh's triumph, but the most crucial was the local armys ability to conduct war amongst the people something that was entirely beyond both the comprehension and the competence of the French invaders. Since federation, Australian defence strategy has oscillated between two main forms, expeditionary campaigns and the defence of Australia. Expeditionary campaigns have been the dominant model even though, with the notable exception of the Second World War, their unintended consequences have diminished rather than enhanced national security.