| Description |
xxv, 517 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
Provides a unique overview of the essential contemporary issues in strategy and defence, issues of growing concern to both the informed public and to students of international relations and strategic studies in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Examines in particular; global issues: exploring the furture of the nuclear strategic balance between the superpowers, the development and relevance of non-provocative defence strategies, arms control and international terrorism; Australian national security policy-making: analysing defence strategies, and discussing the relevance of the ANZUS alliance; regional security: making a country-by-country examination of the security concerns of nations in the region and their security relationships with Australia |
| Analysis |
National security |
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National security Australia |
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National security Pacific Area |
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ANZUS |
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ANZUS treaty |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Australian Defence Force |
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Conventional warfare |
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Global data |
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Government policies |
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International relations |
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National security |
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Pacific Rim |
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Regional security |
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Security |
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Terrorism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [472]-482 |
| Subject |
National security -- Australia.
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National security -- Pacific Area.
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National security.
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Security, International.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Defenses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114307
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- National security
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| Author |
Ball, Desmond.
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Downes, Cathy.
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| LC no. |
44002161 |
| ISBN |
0044421613 |
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