Broken links : poor communication between governments and experts in matters of war / Hugh Donal Crone MA, PhD
- Bib ID:
- 7419813
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Crone, H. D. (Hugh D.), author
- Description:
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- Poor communication between governments and experts in matters of war
- Montmorency, VIC : Albarello Press, 2017
- ©2017
- iv, 134 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780992474522 (paperback)
- Summary:
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“The author recounts incidents in his career as a defence scientist in which governments rejected technical advice from their experts in favour of actions motivated by political considerations. Matters discussed range from Agent Orange in the Vietnam War to the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Associated with these topics is the gradual development of the concept of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as a consequence of war service, displacing the search for chemical exposure, as in the Agent Orange controversy. Also discussed is the possibility of achieving complete disarmament of all forms of weaponry, based on the lessons learnt from negotiations on nuclear and chemical disarmament. These topics raise the general question as to why Australia sends troops to distant wars, at the cost of having to rehabilitate the stressed returned veterans.”--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Crone, H. D. (Hugh D.) -- Anecdotes
- Communication in politics -- Australia
- Evidence, Expert -- Australia
- Politics and war
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia
- Political psychology -- Australia
- War -- Public opinion
- Scientists -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia -- Politics and government
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2017
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