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The AARC holds several archived papers and reports on land warfare topics of contemporary and historical significance. These include publications from the AARC's predecessor organisation, the Land Warfare Studies Centre.

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Short Thoughts Collection - Transforming Land Power

18 July 2022 In April 2022, the AARC's Land Power Forum invited authors to contribute 600-1000 word submissions directly related to the theme of 'Transforming Land Power'. This publication is a compilation of the 'Short Thoughts' entries that were assessed by the Future Land Warfare Branch as the most meritorious.
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Urban Warfare: A Practitioners Annotated Bibliography

24 November 2021 'Urban Warfare – An Annotated Bibliography’ provides access to a wealth of resources about urban warfare to military practitioners. In it, the AARC has collated over 500 papers, articles and reports on the topic of urban warfare. Each resource listed in the bibliography is directly or indirectly, accessible online, including many examples that would not otherwis be readily located using online search engines.
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Designing the Future: Thinking About Joint Operations

25 July 2021 Future Land Warfare Essay Collection Foreword Change is hard. As Army’s Future Land Warfare, we contest ideas, encourage discourse and propose concepts that are often not to the satisfaction of every faction, agenda, or interest-group focused on the generation of land power as part of the Australian Defence Force. It is for this reason that the selected essays, written by members of the Australian Army Research Centre, the Australian Army History Unit, the Robotics and Integrated Technologies Coordination Office, and the Land Force Design and Force Structure…
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Australia's Army - An Army in Motion

14 July 2018 On 13 July 2018, the Chief of Army released his Commander's Statement titled 'Australia's Army: An Army in Motion'.
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Leading a Resilient Force: Insights of an Australian General

22 December 2016 Many of history’s great armies have distinguished themselves by demonstrating superb individual and organisational resilience.
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Thoughts on generalship: Lessons from two wars

22 December 2016 Generalship is an intellectual endeavour; generals must understand the character of war and create a vision of success. They must be resolute in their commitment and bold in their execution to achieve this success. But, they must also never let go of their humanity, their compassion for innocent civilians, their own soldiers and even the enemy. In the abstract, this seems straightforward, but on the ground when you are exhausted, when information is confused and you are being shot at, even straightforward things are difficult. Major General Stephen Day, DSC, AM, held senior and privileged…
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Archipelagic Manoeuvre

22 December 2016 The Australian Defence Force acknowledges the complex archipelagic nature of our near region and highlights the importance of the littoral environment for future operations by the Australian Defence Force.
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Adaptive Campaigning - Future Land Operating Concept

01 September 2009 The purpose of Adaptive Campaigning - Future Land Operating Concept is to provide the conceptual and philosophical framework and force modernisation guidance to the Army in order to ensure that it remains postured to meet the demands of the future.
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