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Under Review - Comments to Sue
Beatty, Technical Services Librarian
Library Representative :
Mr Christopher Dawkins
Objectives
To maintain and develop a broad based collection in defence and strategic
studies across all disciplines.
1. Major Subject Interests
Highest proriority
(The Library aims to acquire all published monographs of substance)
Australian and New Zealand defence policy, security issues, military
operations and military history
PNG, East Timor and South Pacific security issues
Asia/Pacific regional security and strategic studies
Indian Ocean regional security and strategic studies
Comprehensive priority
(The Library aims to acquire most published monographs of substance)
Afghanistan operations
Airpower
Arms control, weapon proliferation, counter-proliferation
Balance of power studies
Border, territorial and resource disputes
Chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological weapons
Chinese defence policy and national security issues
Civil-military relations (inc military aid to the civil powers)
Civil wars
Confidence and security building measures (CSBMs)
C31 and information warfare (aka network centric warfare)
Defence economics
Defence project management
Gender studies (in the military context); role of women in the military
Homeland security
Indonesian defence policy and national security issues
Insurgency and counter-insurgency
International law pertaining to military operations and interventions
International security
Iraq War
Islamic jihad
Japanese defence policy and national security issues
Joint service operations
Korean peninsula security
Land warfare studies
Laws of war and armed conflict
Low intensity conflict
Maritime security issues
Media coverage of military operations
Military contributions to humanitarian operations
Military contributions to post-war nation building and reconstruction
Military education and training
Military ethics (including just war theory)
Military intelligence
Military geography
Military leadership and command
Military logistics
Military operations other than war (MOOTW)
Military organisation
Military personnel policy
Military psychology
Military relations with the media
Military sociology and culture
Military technology
Military theory, military doctrine, military strategy
National intelligence
National power assessments
Non-lethal weapons
Nuclear deterrence and nuclear proliferation
Peacekeeping/peacemaking operations
Sea power
Space (as a defence environment)
Special forces
Strategic culture
Strategic forecasting (in relation to defence planning)
Terrorism and counter-terrorism
UN Security Council and global security governance
US defence policy
Weapons of mass destruction
Selective
(The Library acquires, very selectively, major monographs of substance only)
African security issues
The Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East Peace process
Canadian defence studies
Central Asian and Caucasus regional security
Ethnic conflicts (where a likely precursor to international interventions)
European focused security issues
Indian defence policy and national security issues
Korean War
Latin American security issues
Mediterranean and Balkans security issues
Military medicine: military psychiatry
NATO specific studies
Northern Ireland conflict
South Asian regional security
Veterans affairs
Vietnam War
POW studies
2. Chronological Coverage
Post 1945, except thematic studies which include contemporary analysis or case
studies.
3. Geographical Coverage
The major emphasis is the Asia/Pacific
and Indian Ocean areas.
Other areas are covered selectively.
4. Does material become dated
in the field? If so, how far back is material generally significant?
No. Contemporary material in this area eventually becomes relevant to the military
historians.
5. Language Guidelines
Very little non-English language material is purchased except for Bahasa language
material in regard to Indonesian defence policy, security issues and strategic
studies.
6. Electronic
databases of major relevance
7. Topics of related interest which are
not supported from this fund
Cold War history (unless dealing explicitly with military
aspects)
Ethnic politics, ethnic conflict and genocide studies ( unless ongoing
and likely to be a precursor to international interventions)
Failed or fragile states
Foreign policy (unless focusing on security issues)
Humanitarian assistance (except for role of the military)
Independence movements (unless linked to terrorism/insurgency)
International law (unless focusing on military intervention or operations)
International relations and geopolitics (unless dealing primarily with
security issues)
Islamic studies (except for Islamic jihad and terrorism)
Military history pre 1946 (unless thematic studies with some contemporary
focus)
Nationalism and nationalist movements
Peace studies and conflict prevention
Post-conflict governance, nation-building and reconciliation (unless
focussed on the role of the military)
Pandemics (except in the context of bioterrorism)
Sanctions and trade embargoes (unless on the role of military forces)
Technical standards
Transnational crime, criminology and police studies (unless in the
context of terrorism/counter-terrorism)
United Nations (unless pertaining to role of the security Council or
international security issues)
World Wars 1 and 11
8. Gaps in the Library Collection, including electronic
resources, which should be amended when funds permit
9. Bibliographic Control
Basic bibliographic sources
Publishers Whose Catalogues Should be Checked Regularly?
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