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  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-316-62369-5, 344 pp Written By : Brian N Hall Reviewed By : Chris Roberts   The thrust of Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 is that communication systems are at the heart of command and control, and those employed by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at each stage of the war had a profound effect on the ability of British commanders to control operations. In addressing this matter, Brian N. Hall seeks to …

The AARC has expanded indexing of Australian Army Journal content to include articles for Early Access, so that users can find newly published content that matches their research interests as soon as we make it available online in a nearly final state. The DOI assigned to an article for Early Access will remain valid when the AAJ issue is published through the use of URL redirects. … Early Access …

The Australian Army Journal was first published in the 1940s. Contributions to the journal may be made by serving members or those with an interest in the Australian Army and its activities. The Australian Army Journal commenced publication in 1948 and continued through to 1976. It was revitalised in 1999 and continues to this day. The AARC has expanded indexing Australian Army Journal articles for Early Access, making published content matching your research interests, available online in a nearly final …

Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia–Pacific War   Written by: Stephan Frühling,  Routledge, 2014  ISBN 9780415605731, 240pp,   As the Indo–Pacific region continues to grow, both economically and militarily, a growing number of countries in the region and beyond are facing challenges in their strategic planning. Stephan Frühling asks, ‘How can countries determine what kind of military force is needed if threats are uncertain and history is full of strategic surprises?’ For the …

Dr John Nash is an Academic Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre. Previously he was a researcher at the Australian War Memorial for The Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australian Peacekeeping Operations in East Timor. He was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University in July 2019. He is also a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, having completed nine years’ fulltime and ten years’ reserve service as a Maritime Warfare …

  Militaries worldwide are embracing machines with varying degrees of automation and autonomy. [1] However, ensuring that machines pioneered in industry and academia meet the needs and constraints of military users remains challenging. One core challenge is that machines are frequently conceived and developed as standalone systems, whilst their military use increasingly entails operation in human-machine teams. To be effective in human-machine teaming (HMT), machines must be capable of recognising and …

Dr Timothy Molloy is a senior lecturer in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University. He is currently an Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) Fellow investigating game theory for human-machine teaming. He was previously a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Melbourne on the joint Australia-US multidisciplinary university research intuitive project Neuro-Autonomy: Neuroscience-Inspired Perception, Navigation, and Spatial Awareness for Autonomous Robots , and prior to …

  Penguin Books, 2015, New York, ISBN: 9780143107446, 519 pp RRP: $37.99 (softcover) Author: Jean Lartéguy Reviewed By: Anastasia Easton First published in 1960, Jean Lartéguy’s The Centurions chronicles the experiences of a group of French paratroopers who survive imprisonment in Indochina during the First Indochina War and return to France before later deploying to Algeria in military operations against the National Liberation Front. Having himself served in North Africa and Korea with the French Free …

CAPT Anastasia Easton is a Royal Australian Artillery officer with Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) experience currently posted to the Australian Army Research Centre as a reservist. She is a published author and current medical student at the University of Sydney. … Anastasia …

Foreword Command is central to the Army profession. The Australian Defence Glossary defines command as ‘the authority which a commander in the military lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.’ It notes that command also includes responsibility for resources, coordination and control of military forces, and the health, welfare, morale and discipline of assigned personnel. How leaders command changes with the character of war. Lawrence Freedman observes in Command on War that …