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The 51st (Highland) Division during the First World War By Craig French Helion , Solihull, 2017, 300pp, Images : 4 maps & 26 tables 9781911096542 - Hardback Reviewed by BRIG Chris Roberts (Retd.) The 51st (Highland) Division earned a high and (from their German opponents) fearsome reputation. Its exploits during the Great War have been the subject of at least four previous histories, the latest being Colin Campbell’s The 51st (Highland ) Division in the Great War: Engine of Destruction , published in 2013, …

What it looks like Tactically, Operationally, and Strategically The author acknowledges the efforts, analysis, and assistance of Commander Jorge McKee and Lieutenant Colonel Uliano Polatos. Both officers significantly contributed to, and directly provided, the ideas and analysis that supports this article. History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. Attributed to Mark Twain.   [Australia’s] strategic culture values engagement with culturally compatible, like-minded worldwide powers, coalitions or …

The content in this article is an extract of  Spotlight Brief 7/21 . ResQBot 2.0: An improved Design of a Mobile Rescue Robot with an Inflatable Neck Securing Device for Safe Casualty Extraction Applied Sciences – Jun 2021 The authors of this study propose a novel design for a mobile rescue robot that can extract casualties from dangerous areas. They present ResQbot 2.0 – a stretcher-type robot capable of safely performing extraction through loco-manipulation that is synchronised with a conveyer belt and …

Explaining political precursors to violence in African civil conflicts. Introduction The Mozambique war of independence from Portugal has been regarded as one of Africa’s greatest stories of liberation to date. Scholars from around the globe have written about the conflict and subsequent civil war, exploring the complex factors within the narrative by applying theories of irregular warfare to better understand its drivers, events, and outcomes. Typically, researchers seek to fit a theory to a case study, …

Steph Costa is a Captain in the Australian Army who has previously deployed to South Sudan. She is completing a Masters in Strategy and Security and has a particular interest in the relationship between gender and violence and how implementing a gender perspective can enhance security outcomes. … Steph …

Adaptation and Innovation in the British Military, 1792 -1945 Series:  Wolverhampton Military Studies  #3 Editor:  Michael LoCicero ,  Ross Mahoney ,  Stuart Mitchell Helion , 256pp, Images: 10 tables 9781911096702 - Paperback 9781909384460 - Hardback Reviewed by BRIG Chris Roberts (Retd.) Being another excellent publication in the Wolverhampton Military Studies series (University of Wolverhampton), A Military Transformed? offers valuable insights into the factors that enable or impede adaptation, …

During the latter months of 2019 and the new year of 2020, Australia experienced catastrophic and widespread bushfires. As the situation worsened, the federal government unexpectedly called out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves to bolster an already significant deployment of ADF regular forces to contribute to a massive interagency and volunteer community response. This deployment was the largest ever peacetime domestic ADF operation in response to a natural disaster. As the lessons of Operation …

Peter J. Dean is chair of defence studies and director of the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia. … Peter J. Dean …

Troy Lee Brown is a Senior Research Officer with the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia. … Troy Lee Brown …