History as policy
Subtitle: framing the debate on the future of Australia's defence policy
By: edited by Ron Huisken and Meredith Thatcher.
Contributors: Huisken, Ronald.; Thatcher, Meredith.; Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
Series: Canberra papers on strategy and defence -- no. 167
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Canberra, ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781921313554
Subjects: National security -- Australia; Australia -- Military policy; Australia -- Military policy -- History; Australia -- Foreign relations; Australia -- Defenses; Australia -- Strategic aspects
Description: [This work collects papers from] "The three anniversary seminars were held on 15 August, 14 September, and 10 October 2007 at University House on the grounds of The Australian National University. Speakers at the first seminar on Global Strategic Issues were Robert O'Neill ('Changing concepts of the nature of security and the role of armed force'), Hugh White ('Predictions and policy'), Coral Bell ('The evolution of the international system'), and Ron Huisken ('Whither the United States?'). Speakers at the second seminar on Regional Security Issues were Alan Dupont ('Transnational security issues'); Graeme Dobell ('The arc of instability'), Greg Fealy ('Western counterterrorism in Southeast Asia: Is the 'war of ideas' a fallacy?'), and Brendan Taylor ('Security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region'). Speakers at the final seminar on Australia Strategic and Defence Issues were Paul Dibb ('The Defence of Australia: the history of an idea'), Mark Thomson ('The challenge of coherence: Strategic guidance, force structure and budgets'), David Horner ('The higher command structure for joint ADF operations'), and Hugh White ('Summing Up: Seeing the future in the past')."--From publisher description.
Notes: Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://epress.anu.edu.au.