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BINOY KAMPMARK. Des Ball: The man who sank the myth of controlled nuclear warfare
The late Professor Des Ball of the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre came as close as any on being a public intellectual on nuclear strategy. While some of his counterparts in the United States felt that using … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, Politics, Tributes
Tagged Binoy Kampmark, Des Ball, Eureka-Street, nuclear war, Pine Gap
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