Widening Minds – The University of New South Wales and the education of Australia’s defence leaders by Tom Frame – Book Review
The partnership between the service colleges and the University of New South Wales has been long and productive.
Traitors: how Australia and its Allies betrayed our ANZACs and let Nazi and Japanese war criminals go free – by Frank Walker – Book Review
This book is a collection of stories from the Second World War that centre around the themes of war crimes and acts of moral ambiguity.
The first Nazi: Erich Ludendorff – the man who made Hitler possible by Will Brownell and Denise Drace-Brownell with Alex Rovt – Book Review
General Erich Ludendorff was one of the most important military individuals of the last century, yet today, he is one of the least known.
The culture of war by Martin van Creveld – Book Review
A controversial but respected scholar, Martin van Creveld is the author of 17 books on military history and strategy of which Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton (1977), Command […]
Australians on the Western Front 1918 Volume One: Resisting the Great German Offensive by David W. Cameron – Book Review
In Australians on the Western Front 1918 Volume 1, the first in a two-part series, David Cameron tells the extraordinary story of Australian troops on the Western Front in March […]
Base nation: how U.S. military bases abroad harm America and the World by David Vine – Book Review
American military bases encircle the globe. As of 2015, the United States controlled approximately 800 bases on foreign soil – including four in Australia. United States national security policy asserts […]
The road not taken: Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam by Max Boot – Book Review
The Road Not Taken is a biography of the adventurous life of CIA operative Edward Lansdale. It challenges our understanding of the Vietnam War – particularly the reasons why United […]
A bit on the side: price fixing, rationing, profiteering and black markets in Australia and Britain, 1939-1945 by Michael Tyquin – Book Review
A Bit on the Side breaks new ground in this little known and understood aspect of Australia’s society during World War II.
