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UNINA9910142119203321 |
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The ADB's story / / edited by Melanie Nolan and Christine Fernon |
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Canberra : , : ANU E Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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1 online resource (xii, 492 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s) |
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ANU Lives Series in Biography |
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Australians |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Australia - History |
Biography - Dictionaries - History |
Australia Biography Dictionaries |
Australia Biography History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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A Dictionary of public figures -- Foreword -- Obligations and Debts in Writing the ADB -- 1. 'Insufficiently Engineered': A dictionary designed to stand the test of time? -- Editors and their Eras -- 2. Sir Keith Hancock: laying the foundations, 1959-1962 -- 3. 'Born to do this work': Douglas Pike -- 4. Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle: a fine partnership, 1973-1987 -- 5. John Ritchie: consolidating a tradition, 1987-2002 -- 6. The Di Langmore era, and going online, 2002-2008; -- National Collaboration -- 7. Working parties: recollections of the South Australian working party -- 8. From the First Fleet to 'Underbelly': writing for the ADB -- 9. National collaboration: the ADB editorial board and the working parties -- 10. Assessing the ADB: a review of the reviews -- Pasts and futures -- 11. Opportunities for National Biography Online: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2005-2012 -- 12. From book to digital culture: redesigning the ADB -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Index |
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"The Australian Dictionary of Biography captures the life and times and culture of this country in an absolutely distinctive and irreplaceable way. It is the indispensable record of who we are, and of the characters |
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who have made us what we are. I could not be prouder of ANU's continuing role as custodian of this crucial part of our national legacy." -- Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor, The Australian National University. |
"A mature nation needs a literary pantheon of inspiring and instructive life histories, a gallery of all the possibilities of being Australian. The Australian Dictionary of Biography responds to that vital need in our culture. It is a stunning collaborative achievement and I feel so proud that we have such an activity here in Australia--to a great extent it describes and defines Australia." -- Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Australian of the Year, 2003. |
"The Australian Dictionary of Biography is our greatest collective research project in the humanities and a national triumph. We have much to learn from it. The project is continuing to change as we mature nationally, with deeper understanding about the impacts of gender, race, environment, religion, education, language, culture, politics, region and war on what we are and what we may become." -- The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AO. |
"Australia is very fortunate to have a national biographical dictionary that is democratic as well as distinguished, one that represents the rich variety of Australian culture. The Australian Dictionary of Biography gathers together the stories of people from all walks of life, from the outback to the city and from the bush to the parliament. It is a monument of scholarship - and it is for everyone." -- Dr Dawn Casey PSM. |
"Few things are more illuminating than taking a random stroll through a volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography--new insights into our greatest men and women, chance encounters with people whose exploits are all too often unpardonably overlooked. I first read the ADB with my mother, Coral Lansbury, who wrote four entries. One of her mentors, Bede Nairn, was a prodigious contributor. The Australian story is a story of Australians, no better told than in the ADB." -- The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP. |
"'I find it difficult to bring to mind more than a handful of comparable enterprises in the fields of biography, history, philology or the social sciences more broadly--anywhere in the world. The status and appeal of the Australian Dictionary of Biography do not lie only in its scale and size. They reside also in the meticulous research, the erudition and scholarship, and the sweat and possibly tears involved in the editorial and publishing process. Its constituent dramatis personae are an eclectic mix of the noble and the notorious, the famous and the largely unsung. The underlying theme of the mosaic is quite clear: nothing less than the making and remaking of Australia." -- Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC, Governor of Queensland. |
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UNINA9910219970003321 |
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Ochmanek David A. |
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America's security deficit : addressing the imbalance between strategy and resources in a turbulent world / / David Ochmanek [et al.] |
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Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (35 pages) : color charts |
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National security - United States |
National security - United States - Economic aspects |
World politics - 21st century |
Security, International - 21st century |
Terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation - 21st century |
United States Defenses |
United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures |
United States Foreign relations 21st century Decision making |
United States Armed Forces Operational readiness |
United States Strategic aspects |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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America's security deficit -- Changing demands on defense -- Readiness -- Enhancing allied defenses -- Choices for sizing the defense budget. |
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"This report is the second in RAND's ongoing Strategic Rethink series, in which RAND experts explore the elements of a national strategy for the conduct of U.S. foreign and security policy in this administration and the next. The report analyzes defense options available to the United States in responding to the re-emergence of a belligerent Russia, the seizure of significant territory in Iraq and Syria by violent extremists, growing Chinese military power and assertiveness, and other threats to U.S. security and interests. It focuses on ways that the United States might adapt military instruments to meet these emerging |
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challenges, assessing in broad terms the cost of defense investments commensurate with the interests at stake. The report argues that currently projected levels of defense spending are insufficient to meet the demands of an ambitious national security strategy"--Publisher's description |
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