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Timing is Everything
The Politics and Processes of New Zealand Defence Acquisition Decision Making
Authored by: Peter GreenerPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
This book identifies the critical factors that shaped and influenced New Zealand’s defence acquisition decision-making processes from the election of the Fourth Labour Government in 1984 and the subsequent ANZUS crisis, through to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the following ‘war on terror’. It explores and analyses decision-making processes in relation to the ANZAC frigates, the military sealift ship HMNZS Charles Upham, the F-16 strike aircraft, the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft upgrade, and the LAV IIIs.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781921536649
- ISBN (online):
- 9781921536656
- Publication date:
- Oct 2009
- Note:
- Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 173
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/TE.10.2009
- Series:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Co-publisher:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Disciplines:
- Social Sciences: Military & Defence Studies
- Countries:
- Australia; Pacific: New Zealand
PDF Chapters
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- Preliminary Pages (PDF, 61KB)
- Abstract (PDF, 82KB)
- About the Author (PDF, 81KB)
- Acknowledgements (PDF, 56KB)
- Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF, 99KB)
- List of Figures and Tables (PDF, 55KB)
- Foreword (PDF, 101KB) – Gerald Hensley
- Introduction—The Policy Background and the Policy Framework (PDF, 297KB)
- The ANZACS, Part 1—The Frigate that wasn’t a Frigate (PDF, 188KB)
- Oranges and Lemons—HMNZS Charles Upham (PDF, 180KB)
- ‘No, Minister….’—The ANZAC Frigates, Part II (PDF, 159KB)
- ‘The Deal of the Century’—The F-16s (PDF, 192KB)
- ‘I see no submarines’—Upgrading the Orions (PDF, 153KB)
- Plotting and Sedition, or Necessary Acquisition? The LAV IIIs (PDF, 182KB)
- Politics and Processes: Reflections on the Characteristics of the Decision-Making Process (PDF, 111KB)
- Appendix 1: Sole, Prime and Shared Responsibilities (PDF, 99KB)
- Appendix 2: ANZAC Ship Baseline Characteristics (PDF, 99KB)
- Appendix 3: User Requirement (PDF, 100KB)
- Appendix 4: Recommendations of the Final Report of the Air Combat Capability Study—October 1998 (PDF, 96KB)
- Bibliography (PDF, 140KB)
- Index (PDF, 82KB)
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