In their Time of Need: Australia's Overseas Emergency Relief Operations 1918–2006: The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations 5 Volume Set
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107026346
ISBN-10: 1107026342
Pagini: 600
Ilustrații: 2 b/w illus. 111 colour illus. 43 tables
Dimensiuni: 179 x 252 x 40 mm
Greutate: 1.37 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations 5 Volume Set
Locul publicării:Melbourne, Australia
ISBN-10: 1107026342
Pagini: 600
Ilustrații: 2 b/w illus. 111 colour illus. 43 tables
Dimensiuni: 179 x 252 x 40 mm
Greutate: 1.37 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations 5 Volume Set
Locul publicării:Melbourne, Australia
Cuprins
Part I. Australia's Disaster Policies: 1. From arbitrary assistance to organised chaos: the history of international disaster relief; 2. Capable, available and willing to respond: Australia's overseas disaster policies; 3. 'A plurality of mandates': the context of overseas disaster policy; Part II. Australia's Disaster Relief Operations: 4. Combatting the Spanish lady: Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji influenza pandemic, 1918–19; 5. A tale of two mountains: volcanoes at Rabaul in 1937 and Mount Lamington in 1951; 6. A sustained relief effort: new Hebrides cyclone, 1959–60; 7. Goodwill in a time of tension: Indonesia, 1960–63; 8. Help for the highlands: influenza and famine relief, 1969–72; 9. Back to Bali: earthquakes in Irian Jaya and Bali, 1976; 10. Regional assistance: disasters in the Solomon Islands and Tonga, 1977–82; 11. Disaster relief in post-independence PNG, 1975–94: earthquakes, famine, floods, cyclones and volcanoes; 12. 'The unleashed fury of Mother Nature': cyclones in Fiji and Vanuatu, 1979–88; 13. 'An outstanding overall effort': Cyclone Namu in the Solomon Islands, 1986; 14. Cyclone relief in the Pacific, 1990–93: Cyclones Ofa, Betsy and Kina; 15. El Niño drought relief: Operation Sierra/Ples Drai, Papua New Guinea, 1997-98; 16. Famine relief in the midst of chaos: Operation AusIndo Jaya, Indonesia, 1998; 17. Ples bagarap: Operation Shaddock, Papua New Guinea, 1998; 18. 'The worst in living memory': Operation Niue Assist and disasters in the Pacific, 1998–2004; 19. Waves of destruction: Indian Ocean tsunami and the international response, 2004-05; 20. The road to Banda Aceh: ADF planning, deployment and airlift mission; 21. 'We saw the worst of it': medical and engineering support in Operation Sumatra Assist; 22. Getting the job done: enabling Operation Sumatra Assist, threats and withdrawal; 23. 'Here is your loved one back and this is their name': Operation Cawdor and Operation Thai Assist, Thailand, 2004–06; 24. 'In their time of need': Operation Sumatra Assist II, 2005; 25. The 'Day of Judgement': deploying on Operation Pakistan Assist, 2005–06; 26. 'They have won our hearts forever': operation Pakistan Assist, 2005–06; 27. Conclusion: Australia's overseas emergency relief operations, 1918–2006.
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Descriere
In their Time of Need recounts the activities of Australia's military forces in response to overseas natural disasters.