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Essays in Honor of Colin S Gray   Air University Press , 2022, 233 pp ISBN: 9781585663217 Written By : Donovan C Chau Reviewed By : Gabrielle Taylor   There is one name more synonymous with the modern study of strategy – Colin Gray. Indeed, he was one of his generation's most influential strategic thinkers who profoundly affected how scholars and practitioners understand war, strategy, and military education.  Strategy Matters: Essays in Honor of Colin S Gray , edited by Donovan C Chau, is both a tribute …

Jutland and British Naval Command   Penguin , 2015, 720 pp ISBN: 9780141980331 Author: Andrew Gordon Reviewer: James Davis   Note from the Director, Australian Army Research Centre: With the release of the 2025 Chief of Professional Army Study Guide, now is an opportune time for Defence’s senior leaders to reflect on the books within that Guide which have had the greatest impact upon their development as military professionals. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to BRIG James Davis for …

Collective contributions to future land power   As we argued in an  earlier post , if recent operations such as Anode, Sovereign Borders and the response to MH17 are any indication, Army and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are likely to provide important collective contributions to land power into the future. While government policy may be pursued through the formation of joint agency headquarters with a continuance of relatively uninterrupted activities along existing departmental lines (e.g. …

Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943   University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2011, 416 pp 2021 Paperback Reprint ISBN: 1487541023 Author : John Nelson Rickard Reviewed By : Jordan Beavis   Few figures within Canadian military history are as divisive as Lieutenant-General Andrew ‘Andy’ McNaughton. Differing interpretations of his personality, career, and abilities abound. [1] Yet a wide breath of historians are able to agree on one fact – that his replacement as Commander of …

History, Politics and International Relations   London, Routledge, 2023, pp 234 ISBN: 9781032117171 Editors : Bridget Brooklyn, Benjamin T. Jones, and Rebecca Strating Reviewed By : Pearl Nunn   Comprehensive yet accessible, challenging and probing; Australia on the World Stage is the ideal introduction to Australian foreign relations from before colonisation to the twenty-first century. The three co-editors include: Bridget Brooklyn, lecturer in Australian history at Western Sydney University and …

Conceptual Reframing of the Operational Level of War The traditional conceptual model that divides war into strategic, operational, and tactical levels remains influential within Western military doctrine. While strategic decisions shape political aims, the tactical level encompasses direct battlefield engagements. Between these extremes lies the operational level of command, tasked with linking strategic intent to tactical actions. [1] Recently, this operational level has come under scrutiny, particularly …

Introduction Quantum technology [1] has the potential to disrupt the modern battlespace and fundamentally change the way Army trains and fights.  Comprehending the impact of these technologies to the integrated force requires an understanding of their scale and potential influence, application, suppliers and how these three factors interact. Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), a summary of which is shown in Annex B, provide a standardised scale of technological maturity from concept through to employment. …

Megacities and the Changing Character of Urban Operations   Marine Corps University Press , Quantico VA, 2019, 400 pp ISBN 978016095344 Editors : Benjamin M. Jenson, Henrik Breitenbauch, and Brandon Valeriano, Reviewed By : Shaun Cameron   The Gray Scholars Program [1] was developed by the Marine Corps University as a student-led initiative to explore the future of war and encourage debate within the professional military education community. The second cohort of students participating in the program …

  Oxford University Press , 2023, 467pp Paperback ISBN: 9780192884084 Editor : Richard Overy Reviewed By : Martin Crotty   The publishing market is already saturated with books covering World War II. Library shelves, both public and private, groan under the weight of bulky and learned works from the likes of Basil Liddell Hart, Peter Calvocoressi and Guy Wint, as well as Victor Davis Hansen, and in a more popular vein, authors such as Max Hastings and Anthony Beevor. Throw in the thousands of more …

Designing Military Decision-Making Anew   Columbia Air University Press , 2023, 364 pp Paperback ISBN: 9781585663286 Author : Ben Zweibelson Reviewed by: Alice Paton   Our military strives to be the best, not just for the satisfaction of a job done well, but to protect our national interests, our society and our mates. We work hard to gain and keep a competitive edge, but what if these efforts are ineffective? In this book Ben Zweibelson, a retired US Army infantry officer with experience in Afghanistan …