War! What is it good for? The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots – Book Review
By Ian Morris Profile, Books: London; 2014; 448 pp.; ISBN 9781781252963; RRP $35.00 (softcover)
Invisible Armies: Book Review
An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
The Angry Sky – Australia’s Air War over Europe – 1939-1945
Since the last AWM conference on the subject in 2003, much new material has been revealed about Australia’s air war in Europe.
Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War
The war in Vietnam has left indelible impressions upon our society.
‘Fear God and Honour the King’ Centenary Exhibition
On 26 March 1913, HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s first light armoured, ‘Chatham Class’, cruiser, commissioned at Birkenhead on 18 January 1913, lay alongside Port Melbourne’s Town Pier, on completion of her […]
By the Seat of Their Pants: Australian Airmen and Their Machines 1915 -1918
The Great War saw the emergence of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC), which by 1918 was making a tangible contribution to Allied air operations in the Middle East and on […]
In the Shadow of War – Australia 1942
In 1942 Australia lay in the shadow of war, a shadow on its very doorstep. The victorious Japanese forces had swept right up to Australian territory and the very lifeline […]
Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War
Military History and Heritage Victoria Inc.’s one day Conference held on 20 April 2013 – in partnership with MHHV member the National Vietnam Veterans Museum at Phillip Island – brought […]
