Foreword / Professor Desmond Ball --1. Introduction / J Mohan Malik -- 2. Australia's defence policy: a historical overview / David Lee -- 3. Strategies and concepts / Stewart Woodman -- 4. The Australian-United States security alliance / Thomas-Durrell Young -- 5. Securing Australia: from alliances to agreements / J Mohan Malik -- 6. Australia's regional security environment / Craig A Snyder -- 7. Australia's regional security planning / Stuart Harris -- 8. Defence decision making: process and influences / Graeme Cheeseman -- 9. Force structure: the human dimension / Hugh Smith --10. Force structure: the hardware dimension / David Horner --11. Capability and operational planning / Stewart Woodman --12. Alternative security strategies: dissident arguments and Australian geopolitics / Simon Dalby, David Sullivan --13. Australia's security in the 21st century / J Mohan Malik
Analysis
Australian Defence Force
Federal issue
Foreign policy alignment
International defence relations
Liberal National Coalition
Military preparedness assessment
National security
Regional security
Statistics
Trends to 2020
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index