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History as Policy - Whole Book (1.9 MB)

• Preliminary Pages
• The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre’s 40th anniversary seminar series
• Contributors
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Self-Reliant Defence: The First Cut
  1. The Self-Reliant Defence of Australia: The History of an Idea
• Global Issues
  2. Global Change and Strategic Priorities
  3. Restoring Utility to Armed Force in the 21st Century
  4. The Rise of China: History as Policy
  5. Whither the United States and Unipolarity?
• Regional Issues
  6. The ‘Arc of Instability’: The History of an Idea
  7. Jihadism and ‘The Battle of Ideas’ in Indonesia: Critiquing Australian Counterterrorism
  8. Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Australian Strategic and Defence Issues
  9. The Challenge of Coherence: Strategic Guidance, Capability, and Budgets
  10. The Higher Command Structure for Joint ADF Operations
  11. Four Decades of the Defence of Australia: Reflections on Australian Defence Policy over the Past 40 Years
• Index