Royal United Services Institute
The RUSI of Victoria Inc. seeks to encourage the discussion of national security and defence matters in Victoria, and to improve public awareness and understanding of key defence issues.
The Man Who Carried the Nation’s Grief – James Malcolm Lean MBE & The Great War Letters by Carol Rosenhain – Book Review
The extent of Australia’s casualties in the First World War is, I consider, grossly underestimated.
Strike and Strike Again: 455 Squadron RAAF 1944-45 byIan Gordon – Book Review
Mr Gordon served for nearly 40 years in the Australian Army and has a family connection with 455 Squadron RAAF, in that his father served as a Beaufighter navigator in […]
The Battle of Long Tan by David W Cameron – Book Review
David Cameron has succinctly encapsulated Australia’s most memorable battle of the Vietnam War. This work comes in three parts: background, the battle and the aftermath.
The High Life of Oswald Watt, Australia’s First Military Pilot by Chris Clark – Book Review
Watt only became a pilot in 1911 and died after an unfortunate accident in 1921.
Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth by Paul Ham – Book Review
As military historians are now writing on specific 20th century campaigns, they have the time and space to explore every facet of what was involved.
Murder at the Fort, A Double Homicide Cold Case Cover Up! by Bob Marmion – Book review
Those who have lived and worked at Fort Queenscliff or in the locality will find this a most interesting book. Even the general reader will still find it a rattling […]
Bravo Zulu – Honours and Awards to Australian People Volume 1, 1900 – 1974 by Ian Pfennigwerth – Book Review
Bravo Zulu is NATO shorthand for ‘well done’.
The Battle of Fromelles – an ANZAC Tragedy by Peter O’Reilly – Book review
Our RUSI library has a superb collection of items relating to the Battle of Fromelles. Recent events have brought it into prominence – many Australians are now well aware that […]
