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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The Conscription Conflict and the Great War edited by Robin Archer – Book Review
As the centenary of the Great War has been observed, there has been considerable writing outside the realm of sacrifice, heroism and bravery emerging to redress the existing imbalance.
War by Gwynne Dyer – Book Review
This modern classic by international journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer is widely acknowledged as one of the most compelling analyses of the history and psychology of armed conflict throughout […]
In their time of need: Australian overseas emergency relief operations 1918 – 2006 by Steven Bullard – Book Review
In Their Time of Need documents this century-long commitment, focusing on the overseas deployment of defence and other personnel and equipment for broadly humanitarian goals, generally in response to a […]
A New Generation Of Remembrance By Kate Mani
It’s 9pm but the setting sun shows no sign of repose as it beams down across the vast wheat fields of Fromelles.
