The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014

This dissertation examines the strategic significance of Australia’s deployment of elements of its military power to a series of wars of choice in the Middle East region between 1990-2014. From a Realist perspective, it establishes a series of strategic misalignments between Australian government de...

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Main Author: Briggs, Gavin David
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91073
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description This dissertation examines the strategic significance of Australia’s deployment of elements of its military power to a series of wars of choice in the Middle East region between 1990-2014. From a Realist perspective, it establishes a series of strategic misalignments between Australian government decision and the state’s involvement in war. It demonstrates Australia displayed consistent strategic inconsistency between the nation’s strategic outlook and its approaches to war, military power, and strategy.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-910732025-05-13T01:41:23Z The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014 Briggs, Gavin David This dissertation examines the strategic significance of Australia’s deployment of elements of its military power to a series of wars of choice in the Middle East region between 1990-2014. From a Realist perspective, it establishes a series of strategic misalignments between Australian government decision and the state’s involvement in war. It demonstrates Australia displayed consistent strategic inconsistency between the nation’s strategic outlook and its approaches to war, military power, and strategy. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91073 Curtin University fulltext
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The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title_full The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title_fullStr The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title_full_unstemmed The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title_short The State, War and Strategy: Australia’s Strategic Disconnect with its Wars of Choice in Iraq and the wider Persian Gulf Region, 1990–2014
title_sort state, war and strategy: australia’s strategic disconnect with its wars of choice in iraq and the wider persian gulf region, 1990–2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91073