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Albert Palazzo

Biography

Dr. Albert Palazzo is an Adjunct Professor at University of New South Wales –Canberra in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was formerly the long-serving Director of War Studies for the Australian Army. He has written more than twenty books and monographs on the art of war, including The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation, 1901–2001, The Australian Army and the War in Iraq, The Battle of Crete, and From Moltke to Bin Laden: The Relevance of Doctrine in the Contemporary Military Environment and Climate Change and National Security: The Implications for the Military. He is currently writing a book that examines what is wrong with Australia’s defence policy and explains how to fix it.

Contributions

Title Date Published Content Type
Failure to Obey: The Australian Army and the First Line Component Deception Journal article
Book Review - My Story Journal article
Review Essay - Iraq: the Wrong War Wrongly Fought? A Review of Recent Literature on Iraq Journal article
Book Review - What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat Journal article
Review Essay - Perspectives from the Coalface: The Battle for Fallujah Journal article
Book Review - The Echo of Battle: The Army’s Way of War Journal article
No Casualties Please, We’re Soldiers Journal article
Book Review - Running the War in Iraq: An Australian general, 300,000 troops, the bloodiest conflict of our time Journal article
Strategy and Securitisation: Conflict or Complement in Australian Operations in Afghanistan Journal article
Chong Ju: Fires for a Future Age Land Power Forum Article
Land Forces 2018 Pt 1 - What Next? Land Power Forum Article
Land Forces 2018 Pt 2 - New Direction, New Communities Land Power Forum Article
Knowledge, the Master Program Land Power Forum Article
Book Review: How to Defend Australia Journal article
Crossing 2000 Kilometres of Death Land Power Forum Article
Getting an Army in Motion Moving Land Power Forum Article
Multi-domain Battle: Why it will Fail Outcome
Pre-Landing Operations: Getting Old Tasks Done in an Age of Transparency Publication
Coming to terms with the modern way of war: Precision missiles and the land component of Australia's joint force Publication
The Future of War Debate in Australia Publication
From Dependency to Delusion: Dr Al Palazzo Outcome
Projecting Force: The Australian Army and Maritime Strategy Publication
From Moltke To Bin Laden: The Relevance Of Doctrine In The Contemporary Military Environment Publication
Forging Australian Land Power: A Primer Publication
Book Review: Trust and Leadership: The Australian Army Approach to Mission Command Journal article
Deterrence and Firepower: Land 8113 and the Australian Army’s Future (Part 1, Strategic Effect) Land Power Forum Article
Deterrence and Firepower: Land 8113 and the Australian Army’s Future (Part 2, Cultural Effect) Land Power Forum Article
Climate Change: An Existential Crisis Event
Book Review: The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder Land Power Forum Article
Adding Bang to the Boat: A Call to Weaponise Land 8710 Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - Anatomy of a Campaign Land Power Forum Article
Rethinking Land 8710 Phase 1: The Jet-Pack as the Ship-to-Shore Connector Land Power Forum Article
Planning to Not Lose: The Australian Army's New Philosophy of War Publication
Book Review - The Artillery at ANZAC: Adaptation, Innovation and Education Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - Death of the Wehrmacht Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - 2034: A Novel of the Next World War Journal article
Book Review - The Shortest History of War Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - 2034: A Novel of the Next World War Land Power Forum Article
The Australian Army’s Coming Strategic Role Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - The Rag Tag Fleet Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - Blood, Metal and Dust Land Power Forum Article
Land Warfare, an Introduction Publication
Land Warfare, an introduction Land Power Forum Article
Resetting the Australian Army Publication
Climate Change and the Future Character of War Journal article
Australia and the Neglect of Defence: Echoes of 1942 in the Formulation of Present Security Policy Journal article
Book Review - Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century Journal article
Hybrid, Complex, Conventional, Fourth-Generation Counterinsurgency: It’s Decision that Still Matters Most Journal article
Book Review - Urban Battlefields and Brutal Catalyst Journal article