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The Fragile Forts: The Fixed Defences of Sydney Harbour 1788–1963 Written by Peter Oppenheim, Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, New South Wales, 2005, 326pp. Reviewed by: Colonel Terry McCullagh, CSC, President, Royal Australian Artillery Association (ACT) The Fragile Forts is a joint publishing venture between the Australian Army History Unit and Australian Military History Publications and makes a valuable contribution to the rich history of the Sydney Harbour’s fixed defences. The …
Two Perspectives on a Trouble Future Empire Lite: Nation-Building in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan Written by: Michael Ignatieff, Vintage Random House, London, 2003, ISBN: 9780099455431, 134pp. Another Century of War? Written by: Gabriel Kolko, The New Press, New York, 2002, ISBN: 9781565847583, 165pp. Reviewed by: Russell Parkin, Senior Research Fellow at the Land Warfare Studies Centre and co-editor of the AAJ In his essay An Agenda for the 21st Century (1987), the leading Mexican writer Carlos …
Inventing Anzac: The Digger and National Mythology Written by: Graham Seal, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 2004, ISBN: 9780702234477, 232pp. Reviewed by: Captain Lachlan Mead, Headquarters 1 Brigade, Robertson Barracks In 1975 Paul Fussell opened what might be described as a new front in military studies with the publication of The Great War and Modern Memory . The book turned away from approaching World War I as a collection of grand campaigns directed by great generals, or as a clash of …
To The Editors Sirs I was pleased to hear that the Army is to receive a fine battle tank. Being a naval officer, my enthusiasm might come as a surprise to some people. Indeed, many observers did not share my satisfaction. Some critics questioned why the Australian Army needed tanks at all. They argued that we have not used tanks since Vietnam and that Asia is, in any event, not ideal tank terrain. The last point is contradicted by the reality of the Japanese advance in World War II down the Malayan …
Future War in Cities: Rethinking a Liberal Dilemma Written by: Alice Hills, Frank Cass, London, 2004, ISBN: 9780714684949, 285pp. Review Essay by: Michael Evans In the Old Testament Book of Joshua, it is recorded that, when the Israelites took Jericho, ‘they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword’. This passage is a chilling reminder that human history has frequently witnessed war for, and in, cities—from the sack of …
Mesopotamia 1917–1920: A Clash of Loyalties—A Personal and Historical Record Written by: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arnold T. Wilson, Oxford University Press, London, 1931, 323pp. Review Essay by: Graeme Sligo Sir Arnold Wilson was a British political officer in the service of the Government of India during World War I. He published two volumes on his experiences in Mesopotamia between 1914 and 1920. The first volume covers military operations from 1914 to 1917, when the British captured Baghdad; the second, …
Major General William Joseph Watson, AO, MBE, MBBS, FRACMA (1924–2004) Major General William Joseph Watson, who died just three weeks short of his eightieth birthday, was widely recognised as the pre-eminent planner, designer and commander of Australian Army hospitals since World War II. He commanded two overseas military hospitals and a Field Ambulance, and later became the Director General of the Australian Army Health Services and the Medical Superintendent of the Calvary Hospital in Canberra. Watson …
Colonel Charles Stuart, MC, ED (1917–2003) Colonel Charles Stuart—a distinguished medical officer with service in the British, Indian and Australian armies in World War II and in Vietnam—was born on 28 August 1917 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and studied medicine at Durham University. Graduating in 1941, Stuart spent six months as a resident at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, before being called up for service in the …