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Listed below are a select group of books recently or soon to be published that either contribute to the discussions initiated in the articles in the Australian Army Journal or on subjects that may be of interest in the near future. Some of these books may be reviewed in forthcoming editions of the Journal. Nathan Mullins, Keep Your Head Down , Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2011, 347 pp, ISBN 9781742377940, AU$24.99. The war in Afghanistan has been the subject of many first-person narratives offering insights …
Written by: Paolo Tripodi and Jessica Wolfendale Ashgate, Farnham Surrey, UK and Burlington, VT, 2011 ISBN 9781409401056, 296 pp, Reviewed by: Dr Lacy Pejcinovic There is a tendency in current academic literature dealing with war, conflict and violence to assume that there have been fundamental shifts in the political, military, economic and social fabric of the international system since the turn of the millennium. Books and articles that seek to tell us what exactly has changed and how are …
Written by: Joseph S Nye Jr PublicAffairs, New York, 2011, ISBN 9781586488918, 320 pp Reviewed by: David Goyne Joseph Nye has given eminent service to the US Government as a deputy undersecretary in the State Department, an assistant secretary in the Defense Department, and as chairman of the US National Intelligence Council. As an academic, he has been the dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, probably the premier global institute for studying and teaching how government works. …
Written by: James Kraska Oxford University Press, New York, 2011, ISBN 9780199773381, 472 pp Reviewed by: Allison Casey Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea explores how mounting constraints to freedom of navigation in exclusive economic zones (EEZ)—the maritime area that stretches seaward from a coastal state’s baseline up to 200 nautical miles, as provided in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—could affect the role of expeditionary activities. While the sea is usually …
Written by: Ernest Chamberlain Point Lonsdale, 2011, 252 pp Paperback ISBN: ISBN 9780980562347 Reviewed by: Dr Bob Hall Usually, the victors get to write the histories of wars. But in the case of the Vietnam War the historiographical output of the United States—and to a lesser extent, Australia—dwarfs that of Vietnam. To make matters worse, those histories that are published in Vietnam are sometimes difficult to find and, not surprisingly, are written in Vietnamese. Both factors tend to limit their …
Written by: John Cotton and John Ravenhill Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2012, . ISBN 9780195567274, 360 pp Reviewed by: Andrew Carr Of what do middle powers dream? This is the intriguing question at the heart of this excellent addition to the Australia in World Affairs series. Like its predecessors (this is the fourth edited by James Cotton and John Ravenhill), Middle Power Dreaming is a must have reference for any serious student of Australian foreign policy. It provides an …
Written by: David Shambaugh Routledge, London and New York, 2011. ISBN 9780415619554, 187 pp Reviewed by: Dr Jingdong Yuan This edited volume could not have come at a more opportune time. With China overtaking Japan as the world’s second largest economy and with its growing political influence and military power, there are increasing interests in and analyses of what China’s future holds. Will this rising power challenge the existing international system, or will it become a responsible stakeholder …
Written by: Jeremy Black Thames and Hudson, London, 2011, ISBN 9780500251768, 208 pp Reviewed by: Lieutenant Colonel Ben Pronk In his seminal A Little History of the World , Ernst Gombrich condenses the entire story of human existence into a couple of hundred pages of beautifully composed text, written to be easily understood by children. In many ways, this appears to be what Jeremy Black and his contributing authors have attempted to do in Elite Fighting Forces . Largely, they have succeeded, …
Written by: Richard Holmes HarperPress, London, 2011, ISBN 9780007225699, 506 pp Reviewed by: Major Tim Inglis The Chief of Army has stressed the importance of all serving personnel knowing their military history. Our Army Museums, barracks and messes are filled with reminders of the proud history we have carved out of the events of the last century. Cleary our history reaches back much further through our links with the British Army, and it is this history that comes to life in Soldiers. Written …
