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The years 1997-2001 were eventful ones for the Howard Government. This second volume of the Howard Government series explores these tumultuous years.In Back from the Brink politicians, commentators and scholars including Michael Wesley, Hugh White, Peter Costello, Phillipa McGuinness and Tom Frame and take a critical look at the Howard Government's performance, and analyse landmark events -- Wik and native title, a succession of ministerial resignations, the Patrick Corporation waterfront dispute, the Coalition's near defeat at the 1998 election, the response to post-independence violence in East Timor, and the introduction of the GST

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword Dr Alex Zelinsky -- Preface Cameron Butler -- 1 The long road to peace and prosperity Tom Frame -- Part 1: Historical -- 2 Vietnam: Insights gained, lessons lost Bob Hall -- 3 The Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda Patrick Cullinan -- Part 2: Political and Strategic -- 4 The political cycle and long-term commitments Kevin Andrews -- 5 New demands in the South Pacific David Feeney -- 6 Politics, policy and defence Paul Symon -- Part 3: International -- 7 Train, advise, assist: A British perspective Richard Iron -- 8 He waka eke noa: A New Zealand perspective Richard Taylor -- Part 4: the Media -- 9 Defence and the media Ian McPhedran -- 10 Reporting security force assistance Chris Masters -- Part 5: Personal -- 11 Advisers for a generation Brett Chaloner -- 12 In the moment Andrew Roberts -- 13 Advise harder: Reflecting critically on capacity building Mark O'Neill -- Part 6: Comparative -- 14 Train, advise and assist in the South Pacific Jack McCaffrie -- 15 The challenge from the air Matt Hegarty -- 16 International police development Jason Byrnes -- Part 7: Science and Technology -- 17 Defence science and technology Matthew Richmond -- 18 Emotional intelligence and military advisers Deborah Jeppesen -- 19 The big investment Kendy Hau -- Part 8: Organisational -- 20 Army reform and assistance missions John Blaxland -- 21 Strategic planners Andrew Maher -- Part 9: Economic -- 22 Entrepreneurship for post-conflict reconstruction Andrew Blyth -- 23 Assistance missions and contractor support Glenn Keys -- Part 10: Legacies and Lessons -- 24 The soldier-state compact beyond national defence Tom Frame -- 25 Postscript Brett Chaloner and Mark O'Neill -- Notes -- Index

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Perspectives and polemics -- Part I: The Mood -- 2. Menzies' forgotten people and Howard's battlers -- 3. Howard and Keating as friends, rivals, combatants -- 4. A candidate's view of the 1996 campaign -- Part II: The Outcome -- 5. Learning from campaigns -- 6. Howard's battlers and the 1996 election -- 7. Did Labor lose or the Coalition win? -- 8. Compulsion and liberty in the trial of Albert Langer -- Part III: Assuming Government -- 9. Economic management -- 10. A vision for government -- 11. The foundational year -- 12. The new government's agenda -- 13. The public service history wars -- Part IV: Achievements and Challenges -- 14. The challenge of reforming gun laws -- 15. Revenues come and go, but entitlements go on forever -- Part V: Looking Forward -- Looking Back -- 16. 1997: The year in prospect -- 17. The view from Kirribilli -- 18. With the benefit of hindsight -- Appendices -- I. Extolling the Coalition's victory -- II. Explaining Labor's defeat -- Notes -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Historical Perspectives -- 1. In search of the unseen wound -- 2. Atrocity propaganda and moral injury -- Personal Perspectives -- 3. A commander's perspective -- 4. A combatant's view -- 5. A chaplain's experience -- Ethical Perspectives -- 6. Moral ambiguity and ethical dilemma -- 7. Conceptual distinctions -- 8. Moral trauma and moral degradation -- 9. 'Dents in the Soul'? -- Psychological Perspectives -- 10. The utility of moral injury -- 11. Dealing with horror -- Practical Perspectives -- 12. Is moral injury the answer? -- 13. Moral status and reintegration -- Religious Perspectives -- 14. Moral injury: whose responsibility? -- 15. The influence of religious conviction -- Postscript -- Notes

Few Australians realise that the Constitution does not formally separate Church and State. Tom Frame argues that some contact between organised religion and government is both inevitable and, in some circumstances, highly desirable. But there are continuing and unnecessary tensions, for which Christians are largely responsible. This book explores the nature of the tensions, and how to deal with them

Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction Tom Frame -- Part 1: Ethical Cultures and Ethical Behaviour -- 1. Why ethics matter - Charles J Dunlap Jnr -- 2. Avoiding the descent into barbarism - Tom McDermott -- Part 2: Operating Ethically in the Joint Environment -- 3. Ethics and institutional conflict - Maurie McNarn -- 4. Ethical dilemmas in multinational peacekeeping - Pat McIntosh -- Part 3: The Ethical Soldier - Expectations and Realities -- 5. Connecting research, education and training - Deane-Peter Baker -- 6. Ethics in Special Operations - Ian Langford -- 7. Moral objection and political dissent - Tom Frame -- Part 4: The Army and Community Expectations -- 8. Humanitarian values and military objectives - Beth Eggleston -- 9. Operating within an NGO: A uniformed perspective - Lee Hayward -- Part 5: The Ethics of Emerging Warfare -- 10. The individualisation of modern conflict - Jai Galliott -- 11. The ethics of enhanced human performance - Matthew Beard -- 12. The ethics of emerging tactics - John Hardy -- Part 6: ethics and the future battle space -- 13. Weaponising social media - Shannon Brandt Ford -- 14. What cyberweapons tell us about our just war - Adam Henschke -- Part 7: Ethics Education and Training -- 15. The Australian Defence Force and military ethics - Hugh Smith -- 16. Military ethics education in the Army: An Achilles heel - Jamie Cullens -- 17. The practicalities of ethical accountability - Chris Field -- Postscript Albert Palazzo -- Notes -- Index.