The Dust of Uruzgan by Fred Smith – Book Review
Fred Smith, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officer, served for two years over two tours as a diplomat in southern Afghanistan, working alongside Dutch, US and mostly Australian […]
On ops: lessons and challenges for the Australian Army since East Timor edited by Tom Frame and Albert Palazzo – Book Review
When the Cold War ended in 1990, no one could (or did) predict that over the next 25 years Australian Army personnel would be deployed to Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bougainville, […]
Hunter Killer, Inside the Lethal World of Drone Warfare – T McCurley and K Maurer – Book Review
Lieutenant Colonel McCurley has written an in-depth description of warfare as prosecuted by means of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).
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 […]
The Unravelling: high hopes and missed opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky – Book Review
I first encountered Emma Sky when briefing General Odierno in late 2008. She was not introduced and sat unobtrusively beside the Commanding General.
Book review – Why We Lost:
A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger (U.S. Army Retired)
Afghanistan: Australia’s War
A photographic story of the nation’s longest war and those who served by Gary Ramage and Ian McPhedran
Out of the Mountains The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
by David Kilcullen, Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, 2013; 368 pp.; ISBN 9781922070678 (paperback); RRP $32.95
