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Title

A military history of Australia / Jeffrey Grey.

Author

Grey, Jeffrey.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

xi, 300 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"This book represents a new, expanded and substantially updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. As well as providing a detailed chronological narrative of the wars in which Australia has been involved, it discusses the evolution of defence policy in peace and war, and the impact of war and military service on civilian society. It maps the development of the Australian armed forces as institutions and the relationship of military policy to government. It covers the major theatres of war in which Australia has engaged - from Gallipoli to the Gulf War. The author also examines armed conflict that has taken place on Australian soil between indigenous Australians and European settlers. In addition, the book considers how national security and defence policy is being shaped at the end of the twentieth century in a rapidly changing world."--Jacket.

Subject

• 15.90 history of Australia and Oceania
• Armed Forces
• Military policy
• Militär
• Geschichte
• Krieg
• Krijgsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
• Australia > History, Military
• Australia > Armed Forces > History
• Australia > Military policy
• Australia > History, Military > Sources
• Australia > Armed Forces > History > Sources
• Australia > Military policy > Sources
• Australie > Histoire militaire
• Australie > Politique militaire
• Australie > Histoire militaire > Sources
• Australie > Politique militaire > Sources
• Australia
• Australien
• Australia > History, Military
• Australia > Armed Forces > History > Sources
• Australia > Armed Forces > History
• Australia > History, Military > Sources
• Australia > Military policy > Sources
• Australia > Military policy
• Australie > Forces armées > Histoire

Genre/Form

• History
• Military history
• Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-293) and index.

Contents

1. The colonial period, 1788-1870 -- 2. The military and the frontier, 1788-1901 -- 3. The colonial period, 1870-1901 -- 4. A new nation and its military forces, 1901-1914 -- 5. The Great War, 1914-1918 -- 6. The inter-war years 1919-1939 -- 7. The Second World War, 1939-1941 -- 8. The Second World War 1941-1945 -- 9. The postwar challenge, 1945-1955 -- 10. The wars of diplomacy, 1955-1972 -- 11. The post-Vietnam era, 1972-2000.

ISBN

• 0521642833
• 9780521642835
• 0521644836
• 9780521644839

LCCN

98054959

OCLC

• ocm40498125
• 40498125
• SCSB-8903628

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library