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POWs of World War II in the Pacific Written by: Gavan Daws, Scribe, Melbourne, 2008. ISBN: 978086519782, 462pp Reviewed by: John McCarthy This book was first published in the United States to highly favourable reviews in 1994. Ten years later it was published in Australia. In 2008 it was reprinted. The New York Times Book Review considered it ‘may be the rawest, harshest book about the war’. The international edition of The Japan Times Weekly found it ‘sears the reader’s memory with unforgettable …
Abstract Is Australia prepared to support the possibility of a negotiated solution to the current Afghan situation? A negotiated solution must be from a position of strength, and not as a last resort or from a position of fear. With the Soviet–Afghan war as a backdrop, the insurgencies in Oman and Aden provide the basis for debate on the merits of negotiation as a means to resolve insurgencies. Many of the Afghan population support dialogue with the Taliban. This underscores President Karzais desire to …
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Hawkins, DSM and Bar , is a Royal Australian Infantry officer and has served in a variety of regimental and staff appointments in Special Operations Command, Army and Australian Defence Headquarters. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering; a Master of Defence Studies, which he completed at Canadian Staff College; and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Business. He is currently the Deputy Director for Army Headquarters in the Joint …
Major Ray Hingst is a Reserve officer posted to the CIMIC Branch of the Headquarters 1st Division. He enlisted in 1988 as a private soldier in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, serving with the 1st General Hospital. He graduated from Officer Cadet Training Unit and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Corps of Transport where he qualified as a Movements Officer. He commanded the Joint Movement Control Office – Brisbane, and has also served with 31st Royal Queensland Regiment and 7th Signal …
Abstract As the Australian Defence Force (ADF) embarks on an ambitious re-equipment program involving the procurement of multi-billion dollar platforms, enhancement of the logistics required to support this technology will also require careful consideration. Autonomic Logistics is a system that offers the ADF the opportunity to link the current Military Integrated Logistics Information System (MILIS) to real-time platform information through the employment of the Sense and Respond Logistics system. This is …
Greg Gunter is an academic in the Faculty of Business at the University of Southern Queensland. He lectures in project management and supply chain logistics. He has served with the US Navy in Vietnam and subsequently, with the US Department of Defense in contract administration, inspection and supervision in the military aviation and aerospace industries. … Greg …
David Kuehn is an employee with Capgemini Australia in the Public Sector stream, and has been engaged for several years on an Australian Defence project. A former soldier in the New Zealand Army Reserve, David holds a Bachelor of Defence Studies degree from Massey University in New Zealand and has commenced working on a Masters of Defence and Strategic Studies. … David …
Abstract In 2002, John Nagl wrote an influential book titled Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife that analysed counterinsurgency attempts in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War. With this book in mind, this article examines some of the counterinsurgency actions taken by US General David Petraeus during his tenure in Iraq in 2007 and 2008. It provides a comparison of the elements that Nagl details as necessary for an organisation to learn or adapt to new and challenging environments. Introduction Most …
Major Stan Carnes is an Infantry officer who has served in a variety of regimental postings in 5/7 RAR and 51 FNQR. As a specialist, he has completed postings at the Army Battle Simulation Group and the Combat Training Centre where he was the Officer Commanding the Land Command Battle Laboratory. Major Carnes holds tertiary qualifications from UNSW and RMIT, where he completed a Masters of Systems Engineering. He is currently the MST Program Manager at Army Simulation Wing. … Stan …