TY - BOOK ID - 7983519 TI - A national asset : 50 years of the strategic and defence studies centre AU - Ball, Desmond AU - Carr, Andrew PY - 2016 SN - 1760460575 9781760460570 1760460567 9781760460563 PB - ANU Press DB - UniCat KW - Military research KW - History. KW - Australian National University. KW - Defense research KW - Australian National University, Canberra. KW - SDSC KW - Research KW - Research and development contracts, Government KW - australia KW - strategic affairs research KW - defence policy KW - Canberra KW - Des Ball KW - International relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7983519 AB - This volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC). The Centre is Australia’s largest body of scholars dedicated to the analysis of the use of armed force in its political context and one of the earliest generation of post-World War II research institutions on strategic affairs. The book features chapters replete with stories of university politics, internal SDSC activities, cooperation among people with different social and political values, and conflicts between others, as well as the Centre’s public achievements. It also details the evolution of strategic studies in Australia and the contribution of academia and defence intellectuals to national defence policy. ER -