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Michael O’Connor, AM, is a former naval intelligence officer and retired in 2003 after twenty-two years as Executive Director of the Australia Defence Association. … Michael O'Connor …
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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 …