Desmond Ball
20 May 1947 – 12 October 2016
Desmond John Ball AO was an Australian academic and expert on defence and security. He was credited with successfully advising the United States against nuclear escalation in the 1970s. *More on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Ball)*.
Books
- Presumptive engagement
- Geographic information systems
- Breaking the codes
- Code 777
- A Base for Debate
- Civil defence and Australia's security in the nuclear age
- The Boys in Black
- The Anzac Connection
- Defend the north
- Strategy and Defence
- Security and Defence
- The Future of Arms Control
- Masters of terror
- Strategy and security in the Asia-Pacific
- Masters of Terror
- Politics and force levels
- Developments in U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy Under the Carter Administration
- Pine Gap
- Strange Neighbours
- Future of arms control
- Strategic nuclear targeting
- Targeting for strategic deterrence
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