[PDF] Top 20 1942, the Pacific War, and the defence of New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Defence and Strategic Studies at Massey University, New Zealand

... The Battle of the Coral Sea in early 1942 thwarted the first attempt by Japanese forces to take Port Moresby. It was a tactical loss for the Americans and only a desperate strategic draw overall. The ... See full document

... this thesis more than I can fully explain, or they may have realised, with the shrewd and helpful questions and suggestions with which they and other unidentified ... See full document

... automated processing systems to counter the China advantage. Although these plants have not been operating long enough to provide empirical evidence, they are expected to provide significant efficiency gains over the ... See full document

... This thesis investigates one aspect of the role of the New Zealand Defence Force NZDF in East Timar as a case of a military organisation engaged in a major peace operation that has seen [r] ... See full document

... Government's Defence Policy Framework, for example, notes that, "New Zealand's defence and security policies will be based on New Zealand's own assessment of the security environment and[r] ... See full document

... Page, Martin, ed., 'Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major': The Songs and Ballads of World War JI, London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1973 Prickett, Nigel, Landscapes of Conflict: A Field G[r] ... See full document

... sons of the gentry, who considered trade to be vulgar.22 As the regiment was social as well as a financial investment, regimental reputation came to be closely linked to the Colonel's so[r] ... See full document

... Tonga, unlike the Solomon Islands or Fiji is unlikely to be on the verge of complete collapse but nonetheless its continued viability as a state, as defined earlier in this thesis, is de[r] ... See full document

... committed war crimes against ...the war being launched in Iraq in the aftermath of revelations of troops killing unarmed civilians cannot "absorb the wave of anger ... See full document

... cyber war and cyber warfare definitions present in the ...cyber war or cyber warfare; whether effects must have results comparable to major kinetic violence; and whether target actors and political ends are ... See full document

... the new boy here - you are last!’ And by the time he got the razor – and the whiskers were all about this long – blunt as! And after that he said ‘you can all come out unshaven – but you have to have a shave ... See full document

... cyber war and cyber warfare is inherently inter- ...are Strategic Studies, Security Studies, Information and Communications Technology, Law, and Military ...cyber war or cyber ...cyber ... See full document

... To return finally to the central issue of the thesis, it can perhaps be said that, although Australia and New Zealand took quite different approaches to the problems of imperial defence [r] ... See full document

... in New Zealand did not occur ...World War II resulted in ...the war, similar to the form that had existed from 1919 until the early 1940s, was determined to be inadequate for the state’s ... See full document

... in defence spending has also spurred arms imports from a diverse number of international suppliers located principally in France, Russia, the ...local defence industry providing it is applied to a broader ... See full document

... the New Zealand ...the New Zealand Club) but Freyberg used her presence, and the flat they had set up in Cairo, to entertain a range of 2NZEF personnel and thereby establish harmonious ... See full document

... A THESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY.. OF THE PHILIPPINES.[r] ... See full document

... This thesis analyses the nature of military intelligence in the New Zealand Wars and assesses the role that it played in the outcome of the various battles and ...The thesis examines the way ... See full document

... First Defence Strategy One Year On (McDonald 2009) criticises the CFDS on the basis of inconsistencies between defence policy recommendations and high level strategic ...CF Strategic ... See full document

... …we hear that they do not intend to build any more pa’s as they find they are no use against the big guns, but if they fight again it will be in the woods. 258 This really was the only option remaining; to wage a ... See full document