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Author Greener, Peter, 1950-

Title Timing is everything : the politics and processes of New Zealand defence acquisition making / Peter Greener
Published Canberra : ANU E Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description xx, 196 pages ; 25 cm
Series Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; no. 173
Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; no. 173
Contents Foreword / Gerald Hensley -- 1. Introduction-The policy background and the policy framework -- 2. The ANZACS, Part 1-The frigate that wasn't a frigate -- 3. Oranges and lemons-HMNZS Charles Upham -- 4. 'No, minister....'-The ANZAC frigates, Part II -- 5. 'The deal of the century'-The F-16s -- 6. 'I see no submarines'-Upgrading the orions -- 7. Plotting and sedition, or necessary acquisition? The LAV IIIs -- 8. Politics and processes: reflections on the characteristics of the decision-making process -- Appendix 1: Sole, prime and shared responsibilities -- Appendix 2: ANZAC ship baseline characteristics -- Appendix 3: User requirement -- Appendix 4: Recommendations of the final Report of the Air Combat Capability Study-October 1998
Notes "SDSC CP173"--Spine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-183) and index
Notes Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page. Address as of 15/2/10: http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/sdsc.html
Subject New Zealand. Defence Force -- Procurement.
New Zealand. Ministry of Defence -- Procurement.
Defense contracts -- New Zealand.
Military supplies.
Government purchasing -- New Zealand.
SUBJECT New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002455 -- Procurement. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006774
Author Australian National University. E Press
Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
LC no. 2010398528
ISBN 9781921536649 paperback