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 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. 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. The Utility Of A Tactical Airborne Communications Subsystem In Support Of Future Land Warfare 01 January 2001 In future land warfare, support for command and control requires the development of a single logical network that provides connectivity between any two points in the battlespace Primary Responsibilities And Primary Risks: Australian Defence Force Participation in the International Force East Timor 01 November 2000 The deployment of an International Force to East Timor on 20 September 1999 under the command of Major General Peter Cosgrove marked an important step in international peace enforcement in the Asia-pacific Refocusing Concepts of Security: The Convergence of Military and Non-military Tasks 01 November 2000 This paper investigates two phenomena: first, the conceptual broadening of the term ‘security' Developing Australia's Maritime Concept Of Strategy: Lessons from the Ambon Disaster of 1942 01 July 2000 This paper uses a historical case study of the Ambon disaster of 1942 to try to determine lessons for the development of Australia's maritime concept of strategy in the early 21st century From Legend to Learning: Gallipoli and the Military Revolution of World War I 25 April 2000 This study examines the relationship between the 1915 Gallipoli campaign and the military revolution of World War I. 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