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Title A national asset : essays commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / edited by Meredith Thatcher and Desmond Ball.

Publication Info. Canberra : ANU Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
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Contents Foreword: From 1966 to a different lens on peacemaking -- 1. Strategic thought and security preoccupations in Australia -- 2. Strategic studies in a changing world -- 3. Strategic studies in Australia -- 4. From childhood to maturity: the SDSC, 1972-82 -- 5. Reflections on the SDSC's middle decades -- 6. SDSC in the nineties: a difficult transition -- 7. Researching history at SDSC -- 8. Same questions, different organization: SDSC's fifth decade -- 9. SDSC at 50: towards a new golden age -- 50th anniversary celebratory dinner keynote speech: 'To see what is worth seeing'.
About the Book; Contributors; Foreword: From 1966 to a Different Lens on Peacemaking; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Plates; Strategic Thought and Security Preoccupations in Australia; Coral Bell; Strategic Studies in a€Changing€World; T.B. Millar; Strategic Studies in Australia; J.D.B. Miller; From Childhood to Maturity: The€SDSC, 1972-82; Robert O'Neill; Reflections on the SDSC's Middle€Decades; Desmond Ball; SDSC in the Nineties: A€Difficult€Transition; Paul Dibb; Researching History at SDSC; David Horner; Same Questions, Different Organisation: SDSC's€Fifth€Decade.
Hugh WhiteSDSC at 50: Towards a€New€Golden€Age; Brendan Taylor; 50th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Keynote Speech: 'To See What is Worth Seeing'; Brendan Sargeant, Associate Secretary, Department€of€Defence; Conference Program -- SDSC€at 50: New Directions in€Strategic€Thinking 2.0; Appendix: Key SDSC Publications; The SDSC team, December 2015; Plate 1 Dr T.B. Millar, head of SDSC, 1966-71, 1982-84; Plate 2 Professor Sir John Crawford and Professor Anthony Low, chairmen of the SDSC Advisory Committee, 1966-67 and 1973-75 respectively.
Plate 3 Professor J.D.B. Miller, head of the Department of International Relations, 1962-87, and member of the SDSC Advisory Committee, 1966-87Plate 4 Professor Hedley Bull, joint head of the Department of International Relations and member of the SDSC Advisory Committee, €1967-77; Plate 5 Robert O'Neill, head of SDSC, 1971-82; Plate 6 Colonel J.O. Langtry, executive officer, and Desmond Ball, research€fellow, 1975; Plate 7 Joli and Peter Hastings, former research assistant and€senior€research fellow, May 1986; Plate 8 Robert O'Neill (right) with Gunther Patz, former PhD student, 1992.
Plate 9 Colonel J.O. Langtry, executive officer, October 1983Plate 10 Billie Dalrymple, secretary; Desmond Ball, deputy€head; and€Ram€Subramanian, visiting fellow, Thredbo, 1982; Plate 11 Ray Funnell, Robert O'Neill, Suzanne Funnell, Billie€Dalrymple€and€Mara Moustafine, 1988; Plate 12 Paul Dibb, senior research fellow, 1984; Plate 13 Desmond Ball, head of SDSC, at the entrance to€the€Pine€Gap€station, July 1984; Plate 14 US President Jimmy Carter and Desmond Ball, April 1985.
Plate 15 Desmond Ball and Australian Federation of University Women, Queensland fellow Samina Yasmeen at SDSC, 1985-86Plate 16 Benjamin Lambeth and Ross Babbage, senior research fellows, and Ray Funnell, July 1986; Plate 17 Mr R.H. Mathams, member of the SDSC€Advisory€Committee, €1985-89; Plate 18 Andy Mack, senior research fellow, 1983-85; Plate 19 Greg Fry, research fellow, 1983-86; Plate 21 Andrew Butfoy, SDSC's first PhD student, 1984-88; Plate 22 Nicola Baker, PhD€student, 1995-2000.
Note Plate 23 Dr Fedor Mediansky, Professor Paul Dibb and Professor€Desmond€Ball, at an SDSC conference, c. 1984.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre -- History.
History.
Military research -- Australia -- History.
Military research.
Australia.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Ball, Desmond.
Carr, Andrew.
Other Form: Print version: Ball, Desmond. National Asset : 50 Years of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Canberra : ANU Press, ©2016 9781760460563
ISBN 9781760460570 (electronic book)
1760460575 (electronic book)
9781760460563
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