Home Library Land Warfare Studies Centre The Land Warfare Study Centre is a historical organisation that conducted and engage others to address a wide range of military related research. This section lists all of the historical papers. Series - Any --Concept Paper-Study Paper-Working Paper Square Pegs For Round Holes: Current Approaches to Future Warfare and the Need to Adapt 01 June 2007 Western militaries are moving too slowly to adapt to the needs of future warfighting A Complex and Changing Dynamic: Afghan Responses to Foreign Intervention 1878-2006 01 April 2007 Perceptions of Afghanistan have been dominated by stereotypes. The country has been seen as a mountainous Asymmetry and Complexity - Selected Papers from the 2005 Rowell Seminar and the 2005 Chief of Army's Conference 01 February 2007 Since the spectacular terrorist attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 Chief of Army’s Exercise Proceedings 2006 01 January 2007 In a world of complex war and unconventional threats 'amongst the people', of demographic and budgetary constraints and rapidly evolving technology Revisiting Counterinsurgency 22 December 2006 The paper addresses an emerging awareness of counterinsurgency in the Australian context. Mechanising An Army: Mechanisation Policy And The Conversion Of The Light Horse, 1920-1943 01 June 2006 As the Hardened and Networked Army comes into being at the start of the 21st century, it is useful to reflect on previous periods of great change in the Australian Army's proud history. The Human Dimension Of The Hardened And Networked Army: The Lessons Of Friendly Fire 01 June 2006 Fratricide is an ever-present problem, and its effects are devastating and widespread. Not-So Friendly Fire: An Australian Taxonomy For Fratricide 01 March 2006 During the Vietnam War (1959–75), the euphemistic term ‘friendly fire’ was first used to describe the infliction of casualties by the military’s own forces. The Transformation Of Special Operations Forces In Contemporary Conflict: Strategy, Missions, Organisation And Tactics 01 November 2005 This paper is a study of the recent transformation in the employment and structure of Special Operations Forces. A Model Pacific Solution? A Study of the Deployment of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands 01 October 2005 The paper A Model Pacific Solution? A Study of the Deployment of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands examines the early stages of the multinational deployment of police Network-Centric Warfare: The Problem of Social Order 01 June 2005 Network-centric warfare (NCW) is becoming the dominant logic of current and future military operations. The Tyranny Of Dissonance: Australia's Strategic Culture And Way Of War 1901-2005 01 February 2005 This monograph examines Australia's strategic culture and way of war over the course of a century. The Continental School Of Strategy: The Past, Present And Future Of Land Power 01 June 2004 This monograph analyses modern land power through examining the continental school of strategy that emerged in early 19th-century Europe at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Putting Your Young Men in the Mud 22 November 2003 Over the past 100 years, the manner in which the infantry battalion is employed has undergone revolutionary change The Prospects For Australian And Japanese Security Cooperation In A More Uncertain Asia-Pacific 01 September 2003 This paper reviews the prospect for the establishment of a robust multilateral security mechanism in the Asia-Pacific From Breitenfeld to Baghdad: Perspectives on Combined Arms Warfare 01 July 2003 This working paper analyses the continuing importance of combined arms warfare in modern armed conflict. Australian Army Cooperation with the Land Forces of the United States: Problems of the Junior Partner 01 January 2003 Australia's commitment to the War on Terrorism exposes a conundrum that lies at the heart of Australian defence preparedness Information Operations during Operation Stabilise in East Timor 01 August 2002 When members of the Australian Defence Force deployed in September 1999 as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) Ground-Based Aerospace Defence 2030: A Concept for Ground-based Aerospace Defence in the Army-After-Next 01 July 2002 This working paper proposes a concept for the Australian Army's Groundbased Aerospace Defence (GBAeD) system of 2030. Information-era Manoeuvre 01 June 2002 Strategists today are grappling with asymmetric warfare, collateral effects of past actions and the complexity A Capability of First Resort: Amphibious Operations and Australian Defence Policy 1901–2001 01 May 2002 During the 20th century, joint operations—and particularly amphibious operations—have played an important role in the defence of Australia Communications Electronic Warfare And The Digitised Battlefield 01 October 2001 Land commanders are increasingly dependent on information-age systems comprising communications and information systems Australia and the Revolution in Military Affairs 01 August 2001 This paper examines the way in which Australia has responded to the post–Cold War concept of a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). Thinking Across Time: Concurrent Historical Analysis on Military Operations 01 July 2001 This working paper argues that the skills of historical analysis are an essential element of military decision-making. From Deakin to Dibb: The Army and the Making of Australian Strategy in the 20th Century 01 June 2001 This paper examines the place of the Army in the making of Australian strategy in the 20th century. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last » Last updated: 31 October 2024 - 6:03am Latest Land Power Forum Land Power Library - The Oxford History of World War II Martin Crotty 8 July 2025 Book reviewLandpower lessonsMajor power competition Land Power Library - Beyond the Pale Alice Paton 3 July 2025 Book reviewStrategyCognitive edge
