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General Sir Arthur Leslie MacDonald , KBE, CB (30 January 1919 – 20 January 1995) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, who served in the positions of Chief of the General Staff from 1975 to 1977, then Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1977 to 1979; the professional head of the Australian Army and Australian Defence Force respectively. … Arthur …
Colonel E. G. Keogh, MBE, ED (Retd) First Editor, Australian Army Journal ONE day early in 1948 I met by chance Major General Ian Campbell (then Brigadier and Director of Military Training) in the old Naval and Military Club in Alfred Place, Melbourne. The Brigadier told me that it was proposed to continue publication of the war-time Army Training Memorandum and that the VCGS (General Rowell) had suggested that I might be interested. Since I was indeed interested, the machinery for establishing the …
How do you study military history? How often have I been asked that question, and how often have I found that all the enquirer wanted to learn was how to pass an examination? If that is all you want to do don’t bother to read any further, for I am afraid that I don’t know any short cuts, I don’t know of any substitute for work. But if you want to enrich your mind with the military experience of the ages, if you want to broaden your professional knowledge and enhance your capacity to command, if you want to …
Colonel Eustace Graham Keogh , Royal Australian Infantry (Retd), was the founding Editor of the Australian Army Journal in 1948. Colonel Keogh was editor of the Australian Army Journal from 1948 to 1965. During this period he also produced the military history series commencing with his publication on the Shenandoah campaign. Many of these publications were researched and written and by Keogh himself and many survive as authoritative campaign guides today, testament to the quality of his work. He is also …
Why Australia and India Must Turn Political Will into Factory-Floor Reality Authors : Pradeep S Mehta, Purushendra Singh and Anjali Shekhawat On 3 June 2025, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles visited New Delhi with the aim of boosting security cooperation with South and Southeast Asia. A few months later, on 8 October 2025, India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh touched-down in Sydney to co-chair the inaugural Australia-India Defence Industry Roundtable. His …
Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan Allen Lane Press , United Kingdom, 2025, ISBN 9780241700693, 224 pages, RRP $55.00 Author : Richard Overy Reviewed By : Greg Swindon Richard Overy’s latest book, Rain of Ruin Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan , is a must read for academics, military officers and politicians. The topic has been assessed and analysed for decades, so what is new? For many readers the dropping of the two atomic bombs was the ‘air war’ over Japan. However, as Overy …
Pradeep Mehta is the Secretary General of Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International. … Pradeep Mehta …
Purushendra Singh serves as Associate Director at CUTS International. … Purushendra Singh …