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The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War Cambridge Oxford University Press, 2020, 320 pp RRP: $88.95 ISBN: 9780190681616 Written By : Xiaobing Li Reviewed By : Garth Pratten Millions of words of analysis in English exist on what the West refers to as the ‘Vietnam War’ and Vietnam as the ‘American War’, but which is more appropriately referred to as the Second Indochina War. The bulk of these focus on the American experience, less on those of the two Vietnamese states or minor participants like Australia. …
A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2 nd edition, 2024, 133 pp Paperback ISBN: 9780197760154 AUTHOR: Antulio J Echevarria II REVIEWED BY: Jordan Beavis The sheer breadth and depth of scholarship available on military strategy is overwhelming. For centuries scholars and practitioners have debated what military strategy is, how strategies can be categorised, and the factors that can lead to the success or failure of a strategy. This is not to mention the mass of literature dedicated to case …
Communications and Leadership on the Same Page Air University Press , 2020, 148 pp, Open Access Written By : Tom Jurkowsky Reviewed By : Ellen Bloxsome The Secret Sauce for Organizational Success: Communications and Leadership on the Same Page is a text about military and organisational public affairs that reads like a fireside chat or a collection of ‘warries’. [1] The author, Rear Admiral Tom Jurkowsky (Retd.), served in United States’ Navy as a public affairs’ specialist and later held a number of …
Macmillan Australia , 2021, 336 pp RRP: $36.99 Paperback ISBN 9781760983499 Written By : Dan Pronk, Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis Reviewed By : Darren Cronshaw The Resilience Shield is a book written by three former Australian special forces soldiers that urges readers to build resilience by focusing on six interrelated layers. [1] The book’s underpinning proposition is that the best time to develop a so-called ‘resilience shield’ is before crises so that compounding stressors do not get the better of us. I …
The Oboe landings – well planned, resourced and executed – were, and are, rightly considered the acme of amphibious operations. Dayton McCarthy Introduction to The Oboe Landings 1945 Australian Army History Unit, Campaign Series 32 “G’Day Sir, I’m looking for your support to attend a staff ride.” These were my hopeful words to my boss shortly after learning of an opportunity to travel to Borneo to study a series of 1945 amphibious operations. A staff ride wasn’t something I had previously heard of, and I …
the US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980 University Press of Kansas , 2023, 300 pp RRP: US$54.99 Hardcover ISBN: 9780700634750 Author : Brian McAllister Lynn Reviewed by : Dayton McCarthy … in the historical experience of the US Army, real soldiering took place during periods of financial and manpower cuts, with little glory, an uncertain future and few immediate rewards…the army’s fundamental post war challenge was not securing higher budgets, writing a new doctrine, purchasing better equipment …
The Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) is proud to announce that the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart AO DSC, has endorsed the winner, runner-up and commended essays for the 2025 Chief of Army Essay Prize competition. The winning essay from the competition is awarded the Chauvel Prize. The Chauvel Prize is named in honour of General Sir Harry Chauvel, who was the first Australian to reach the rank of Lieutenant General (and later, General). He was also the first to lead a corps and, as …
The Australian Army Research Centre (AARC), in partnership with Project RUTHLESS, announces that entries to the Spring 2025 Short Thoughts Competition have now closed. The AARC thanks all respondents for their submissions. They will now be assessed and the winner, runner-up and highly commended proposals will be advised in due course. The Australian Army is a professional, values-based organisation committed to excellence in warfighting and service to the nation. However, like many modern institutions, …
The British Army on the Western Front, 1916 Helion and Company , 2018, ISBN : 978804518045, 534pp RRP:35 GBP Editor: Spencer Jones Reviewed by: Chris Roberts Following on from two splendid studies of the British Army on the Western Front in 1914 and 1915, Spencer Jones brings us another excellent volume of essays, this time concerning1916. In it we have 20 contributions from mainly academic historians. Given the Battle of the Somme was the only major operation conducted by the British …
30 Years – An Infantry Soldier’s Story: Somalia, East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq Newport, NSW: Big Sky Publishing . 2025. 312 pp. RRP AUD 34.99 Paperback ISBN: 9781923300187 Written By : Adrian Hodges Reviewed By : Aaron P. Jackson According to its title, this book offers an autobiographical account of the author’s 30-year career as an infantry soldier in the Australian Army, including four deployments. Frankly, this title sells it short. The book is much more than just the story of a 30-year career and …
