Bøger af Dominic Kelly

From experiencing and surviving a German blitz in 1941, to my days as TWA Crew Chief and involvement in the aftermath of the Flight 800 crash off Long Island. All of this is in what I call, "my hall of memories."

During the Recovery Phase after a Chemical, Biological or Radiological (CBR) type incident which contaminated assets in locations under either private or public ownership, temporary storage of waste could provide a "buffer" such that recovery can proceed unhindered by the logistics of final waste disposal.

Following a terrorist incident involving CBR materials or an accidental release of similar hazardous materials there is likely to be a requirement to undertake some form of remediation and/or disposal of assets . This document is Deliverable D5.12 of Project PRACTICE. It introduces a set of plan templates and guidance notes which organisations may use to help them to plan for and obtain acceptance for such remediation tasks.

An attack on a building or location using non conventional weapons will almost certainly lead to a requirement to undertake some form of decontamination of that site. This simple observation immediately raises the question "what decontamination standards and techniques should be used?". These questions are important and they have been the subject of much technical research - often under the banner of "how clean is clean" and "what is reasonable in terms of clean-up costs and decontamination measures". This booklet seeks to address some of these issues.

The Framework Manual is part of an EU Project PRACTICE Tool Box that enables local, national and international organisations to set up agreements with industry equipment suppliers and consultants ahead of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear incidents. The Framework approach avoids the necessity to negotiate potentially high price contracts during high profile incidents. It is recommended that the Manual is implemented by CBRNE Ltd - expert consultants in the field of CBRN.

Martin Heidegger's (1889-1976) criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche's nihilism represented a 'turn' in his thought. In this new and perceptive book, Dominic Kelly explores nihilism through the work of two relatively modern and much studied philosophers; Heidegger and Nietzsche and shows how Heidegger began to think in a way that was not solely philosophical and instead used poetry to achieve a new relation to being. In doing so, Heidegger was able to move past Nietzsche's concepts and thus, nihilism itself. Through his exploration of Heidegger's journey to a form of thinking beyond the philosophical then, Kelly exposes nihilism's crucial place in Continental philosophy and has written a book that is essential for students and academics working in Heidegger studies. Kelly's engagement with Heidegger's more poetic philosophy also benefits students of metaphysics, the philosophy of art and aesthetics, and visual culture more widely. By putting nihilism into its historical context and examining its Ancient Greek origins, Kelly's book will also be of use to those studying early philosophical thought - a requirement for all philosophy courses - and provides a valuable account of nihilism's historical trajectory.

Political history at its best. This is the story of the hard right in Australia - of how Ray Evans and his boss at Western Mining Corporation, Hugh Morgan, became the pioneers of a new form of right-wing activism whose forceful reshaping of public debates transformed Australian politics. With a calm gaze, forensic detail and a dry wit, Dominic Kelly shows how they did it. Starting in the mid-1980s, Evans set up four small but potent organisations: the H.R. Nicholls Society (industrial relations), the Samuel Griffith Society (constitutional issues), the Lavoisier Group (climate change) and the Bennelong Society (Indigenous affairs). Their aim was to transform public debate on key issues. Morgan and Evans had an energy that bordered on fanaticism. They lobbied politicians and wrote op-eds. They were born intriguers and colourful rhetoricians, with a wide influence that famously included treasurer-to-be Peter Costello. It was Bob Hawke who called the H.R. Nicholls Society 'political troglodytes and economic lunatics'; yet in their dogged pursuit of influence, the hard right made an impact. From successive backdowns on emissions targets to the rejection of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the efforts of hard right conservatives continues to be felt today - not only on the right but across mainstream public policy. Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics is a compelling case study in how some very determined people can change a political culture.

Dominic Kelly has written a fascinating study of Japanese policies designed to lead to the reconstruction of East Asia. He presents a detailed picture of Japanese activity in East Asia in the areas of production, finance, security and 'knowledge', and maps out the historical context upon which this activity rests.