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.
Scorched Earth – Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction by Tammy Pemper – Book Review
Pemper has concentrated on the nineteen days in 1999 that Peter Watt was with the UN Peacekeeping Force in East Timor.
An Interesting Point – A History of Military Aviation at Point Cook by Steve Campbell-Wright – Book Review
This well-produced, revised and retitled book tells the story of the oldest continuously operating military airfield in the world.
Vietnam: Our Stories by Kevin Childs and Ken Foster – Book Review
This is a collection of stories of the war by its Australian participants assembled under the banner of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia.
Chastise – The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings – Book Review
Everyone with a passing interest in World War 2 is familiar in a general sense with the RAF 617 Sqn attack on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany […]
Monash’s masterpiece: the battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world by Peter FitzSimons – Book Review
By June 1918, the Allies had halted the German spring offensive in the Somme Valley some 20km east of the vital logistics centre of Amiens.
Frederick Whirlpool VC: the hidden Victoria Cross by Alan Leek – Book Review
This book is a biography of Humphrey James, who was born on 17 July 1831 in County Carlow, Ireland.
Battle on 42nd Street – War in Crete and the Anzac’s bloody last stand by Peter Monteath – Book Review
In 1940 the 42nd Field Company (British Engineers) set up a bivouac straddling a dusty road running North-South near Suda Bay on Crete.
Anzac & Aviator – The remarkable story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia Air Race by Michael Molkentin – Book Review
Drawing on the rich and extensive collection of Ross Smith’s private papers, Anzac & Aviator is a biography of a quite remarkable Australian.
