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Unsung Hero of the Pacific War by Kevin C Holzimmer University Press of Kansas , 2007 (paperback reprint 2022), 330 pages Paperback ISBN: 978070064040 Reviewed By: Dayton McCarthy, CSC Hailing from the University Press of Kansas – a long-standing publisher of high-quality military history – Kevin C Holzimmer’s book on General Walter Krueger book joins a growing body of work that (re)examines the role of the United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) during the Second World War. These …
Major General David Thomae assumed command of the 2nd Division on 17 July 2021 and Joint Task Force 629 on 10 December 2021. He joined the Australian Army in 1985, graduating from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 1988 to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His regimental service has been with the 2nd/4th Battalion and 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 16th Battalion, The Royal Western Australian Regiment, 25th Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment culminating with command of the 9th …
2(AS) Division PME Program SPEAKER : Major General David Thomae, AM Reflections on Command Reflections on Command Major General David Thomae assumed command of the 2nd (Australian) Division on 17 July 2021 and as commander of the standing Joint Task Force (JTF) 629 on 10 December of the same year. In that role, he has had responsibilities that have shifted the purpose, meaning and narrative of 2(AS)DIV from fulfilling a predominantly domestic support role to becoming a platform for domestic security and …
2(AS) Division PME Program Small Uncrewed Air Systems, The Threats They Pose and How To Counter Them SPEAKER : Dr Carl Rhodes In the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP), un-crewed or robotic and autonomous systems are mentioned a total of 57 times. [1] Clearly this is an area of significant interest and concern for the Australian Government. But why are these systems without humans useful and what need do they fill? Additionally, if our adversaries are using …
Dr Samuli Haataja is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith Law School, Griffith University. His research explores international law and cyber security, with a focus on state-sponsored cyber operations under public international law. His book Cyber Attacks and International Law on the Use of Force: The Turn to Information Ethics was published by Routledge in 2019, and he has published in various international law and technology journals. … Samuli …
The latest research, schemes and plans sponsored or administered by the Australian Army Research Centre. Results of research can be found in the various AARC publications … Research Information …
The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 by Tony Cowan Cambridge University Press, 2023, 326 pp, 7 maps, 13 figures, 17 tables Hard cover ISBN: 971108830232 Reviewed By: Roger Lee Anyone interested in World War I is only too aware of the vast volume of relevant literature available: most of it is good, some of it is exceptional for its insight, explanations and analysis but, regrettably, some of it is indulgent, self-serving and, worst of all, wrong. Further, the tyranny of language has inevitably …
Dr Roger Lee retired from the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in 2022 where he was working as part of the Official History team researching Australia’s contribution to the war in Iraq (2003). Before the AWM, he was the Army Historian and Head of the Army History Unit from 1998 to 2016. He has authored three books and numerous chapters, articles and reviews, most focused on the First World War. … Roger …
Foreword The Australian soldier has a well-earned reputation for expertise in counter-insurgency. Perhaps this reputation is born from Australia’s experience of the Malayan Emergency, the Borneo Confrontation or the Vietnam War; and it was probably sustained through United Nations deployments as peacekeepers within generally fractured societies. A Framework for Irregular Warfare (the Irregular Warfare Essay Collection), published by the Australian Army Research Centre, responds to this tradition. By …
The Transformative Effects of Military Intervention on Grand Strategy by Rebecca Lissner Oxford University Press, 2021, 240 pp Paperback ISBN: 0197583199 Reviewed By : William Westerman According to US political scientist Barry Posen, a state’s grand strategy is its theory of how it will achieve security and stability for itself in both times of peace and times of war. [1] Once established, grand strategies usually change in two ways: when they are completely overhauled in response to shifts in the …
