Michael O'Connor

Biography

Michael O’Connor, AM, is a former naval intelligence officer and retired in 2003 after twenty-two years as Executive Director of the Australia Defence Association.

Contributions

Title	Date Published
Rebuilding the Solomons: A Case Study in Developing Principles for Permissive Intervention	1 Jun 2003
Book Review - The Third Force: ANGAU’s New Guinea War 1942–46	1 Jun 2003
Trade and National Security	1 Jan 2004

Michael O'Connor

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