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Proceedings from the 2022 Strategic Landpower Symposium Marine Corps University Press , Quantico VA, 2024, ISBN 9798986259567, 142 pp Editors : Colonel Gregory Cantwell, William Barry, and Major Justin Magula Reviewed By : Shaun Cameron In May 2022, the United States (US) Army War College held their inaugural Strategic Landpower Symposium with the aim of advancing concepts on the role of land power during cooperation, competition, deterrence, and joint all-domain operations. Over two days, original …
Audrey Kurth Cronin is Director of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST) and Trustees Professor of Security and Technology. A leading expert on emerging technology and international security, her research explores how widely available, off-the-shelf tools are reshaping modern conflict. In her award-winning book Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists (Oxford, 2020), she shows that 21st-century threats stem not only from elite labs …
Enlisting as a soldier in 1987, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1990. He has over thirty eight years’ experience across a range of leadership, operations, training and program management appointments in Australia and overseas. He has commanded on operations on five occasions at the company, Joint Task Force, brigade and force levels in East Timor, Afghanistan and Egypt/Israel respectively. Lieutenant General Stuart is a graduate of the Royal …
Lessons for Contemporary Military Operations Hosted by: UNSW Canberra | Sea Power Centre–Australia Supported by: Australian Army Research Centre Save the Date: Canberra, 08 May 2026 Theme The Coastwatchers of Australia and the Solomon Islands remain one of the most remarkable examples of integrated local knowledge, intelligence gathering, and unconventional warfare in the Pacific. From the early warning at Guadalcanal to the rescue of downed airmen and the coordination with Allied forces, these networks …
As the summer holidays approach, full of the promise of reading (or listening) time, it is worth looking at some of the books, articles, and other writings that have inspired members of the Australian Army Research Centre’s (AARC) Academic Team over the last year. John Nash – AARC Academic Research Officer Nick Lloyd, The Eastern Front. A History of the First World War , Penguin , 2025 (paperback) Writing a single-volume history of the Eastern Front – and in a previous book, on the Western Front – is an …
Major Cate Carter is co-director of the Military Organisation and Culture Studies research group and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of South Australia. She holds a PhD in Military Sociology from Deakin University and is an Army Reserve researcher at the Australian Army Research Centre. … Cate …
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. …
Associate Professor Garth Pratten is a military historian in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. One of his previous roles was as a research assistant for the Official History of Australia’s involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975. He lived in Vietnam from 2022 to 2025. … Garth …
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 …
Dr Ellen Bloxsome is a Research Officer in the Directorate of People Intelligence and Research. She contributes to the YourSay Workplace Experience survey and knowledge translation projects. Ellen holds degrees in Sociology and Business and maintains ongoing research interests in image transfer, reputation management and news values. … Ellen …