Kismet: the story of the Gallipoli prisoners of war by Jennifer Lawless – Book Review
Kismet is an account of the experiences of 67 Australian soldiers captured by the Ottoman forces at Anzac during the Gallipoli campaign.
The Western Front: an Australian perspective by Phil Dwyer, Helen Duffy and Bruce Postle – Book Review
The Western Front: an Australian perspective is a beautifully presented and well researched large format (coffee table) book that provides an evocative multi-dimensional perspective; and is probably the next best […]
Australia 1943: The Liberation of New Guinea by Peter J. Dean (ed) – Book Review
Largely overlooked for the more dramatic battles of 1941 (Greece, Crete, Syria, Tobruk) and 1942 (El Alamein, Papua New Guinea) the battles in New Guinea in 1943 are a portrait […]
Anzac to Afghanistan: The History of the 3rd Brigade by Glenn Wahlert – Book Review
As the first Australian soldiers to land at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and among the last to serve in Afghanistan 100 years later, the men and women of […]
The Fighter by Paul Warren with Jeff Apter – Book Review
In 2009 Private Paul Warren deployed with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, to Afghanistan. One month after he arrived in Afghanistan he was on patrol in the Baluchi […]
Stepping into a minefield: A life dedicated to landmine clearance around the world by Ian Mansfield – Book Review
I had the honour to serve with Ian Mansfield in 1992 as he began his second career in the business of ridding the world of land mines.
Monash – the soldier who shaped Australia by Grantlee Kieza – Book Review
Grantlee Kieza’s biography of John Monash comes on the heels of Roland Perry’s 2014 biography and Tim Fisher’s 2014 quasi-biography.
Australian Victories in France in 1918 by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash – Book Review
Australian Victories in France in 1918 is the original Monash book written by the great man in 1920.
