TY - GEN AU - Greener,Peter TI - Timing is Everything : The Politics and Processes of New Zealand Defence Acquisition Decision Making SN - OAPEN_459740 PY - 2009/// CY - Canberra PB - ANU Press KW - Politics & government KW - bicssc KW - Arms negotiation & control KW - defence KW - government KW - defence contracts KW - armed forces KW - procurement KW - new zealand KW - Australia KW - Frigate KW - Royal New Zealand Navy N1 - Open Access N2 - This book identifies the critical factors that shaped and influenced New Zealand’s defence acquisition decision-making processes from the election of the Fourth Labour Government in 1984 and the subsequent ANZUS crisis, through to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the following ‘war on terror’. It explores and analyses decision-making processes in relation to the ANZAC frigates, the military sealift ship HMNZS Charles Upham, the F-16 strike aircraft, the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft upgrade, and the LAV IIIs UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33610/1/459740.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33610/1/459740.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33610/1/459740.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28366 ER -