War, strategy and history essays in honour of professor Robert O'Neill

This is a collection of essays in honour of eminent Professor Robert O'Neill. Each chapter was written by prominent academics and practitioners who have had a professional connection with Professor O'Neill during his long and distinguished career. The overarching themes running throughout...

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Other Authors: Marston, Daniel (Editor), Leahy, Tamara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. ANU Press 2016, 2016
Series:Open Access e-Books
Subjects:
War
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Michael Howard
  • Exploring political-military relations: Nazi Germany / Gaines Post
  • Vietnam: a winnable war? / Ashley Ekins
  • The Vietnam chapter / Tony White
  • A strategic career / Desmond Ball
  • Robert O'Neill and Australian security policy / Paul Dibb
  • Robert O'Neill and the australian official war histories: policy and diplomacy / Peter Edwards
  • The evolution of Australian official war histories / David Horner
  • The postwar evolution of the field of strategic studies: Robert O'Neill in context / Catherine McArdle Kelleher
  • Strategic studies in Britain and the Cold War's last decade / Lawrence Freedman
  • The uncomfortable wars of the 1990s / John Nagl and Octavian Manea
  • A mission too far? NATO and Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Mats Berdal
  • Theory and practice, art and science in warfare: an etymological note / Beatrice Heuser
  • A pivotal moment for global nuclear arms control and disarmament policies: the contribution of Robert O'Neill / Marianne Hanson
  • Robert O'Neill's institutional leadership: the end of the Cold War and the re-emergence of a global world order / John Hillen
  • Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan / Carter Malkasian and Daniel Marston
  • Robert O'Neill and the birth of ASPI / Hugh White
  • The rumble of think tanks: national security and public policy contestability in Australia / Allan Gyngell
  • Australian thinking about Asia / Michael Wesley
  • Includes bibliographical references and index