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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137134003321

Titolo

War, strategy & history : essays in honour of Professor Robert O'Neill / / edited by Daniel Marston and Tamara Leahy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton ACT : , : Australian National University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-76046-024-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

Strategy

War

Military history

Festschriften - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Exploring Political-Military Relations: Nazi Germany / Gaines Post -- 2. Vietnam: A Winnable War? / Ashley Ekins -- 3. The Vietnam Chapter / Tony White -- 4. A Strategic Career / Desmond Ball -- 5. Robert O'Neill and Australian Security Policy / Paul Dibb -- 6. Robert O'Neill and the Australian Official War Histories: Policy and Diplomacy / Peter Edwards -- 7. The Evolution of Australian Official War Histories / David Horner -- 8. The Postwar Evolution of the Field of Strategic Studies: Robert O'Neill in Context / Catherine McArdle Kelleher -- 9. Strategic Studies in Britain and the Cold War's Last Decade / Lawrence Freedman -- 10. The Uncomfortable Wars of the 1990s / John Nagl and Octavian Manea -- 11. A Mission Too Far? NATO and Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Mats Berdal -- 12. Theory and Practice, Art and Science in Warfare: An Etymological Note / Beatrice Heuser -- 13. A Pivotal Moment for Global Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Policies: The Contribution of Robert O'Neill / Marianne Hanson -- 14. Robert O'Neill's Institutional Leadership: The End of the Cold War and the Re-emergence of a Global World Order / John Hillen -- 15. Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan / Carter Malkasian and Daniel Marston -- 16. Robert O'Neill and the Birth



of ASPI / Hugh White -- 17. The Rumble of Think Tanks: National Security and Public Policy Contestability in Australia / Allan Gyngell -- 18. Australian Thinking About Asia / Michael Wesley.

Sommario/riassunto

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 the book are war, strategy and history. All the essays are shaped by the role that Professor O'Neill has played over the last 50 years in the debates in Australia, Europe and the US. This book covers not only Professor O'Neill's impressive career, but also the evolution of strategy in practice, and of strategic studies as an internationally recognised academic discipline.