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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marston, Daniel, Editor.

Contributor:

Marston, Daniel, editor.

Leahy, Tamara, editor.

O'Neill, Robert John, honouree.

Series:

Knowledge Unlatched

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Neill, Robert John.

Strategy.

War.

Military history.

Festschriften--Australia.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

War, strategy and history

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2016

Acton ACT : Australian National University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781760460242

1760460249

OCLC:

945765401

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_612751