Negotiating tensions – Examining how Australia has gone to war
At first sight, the title of David Horner’s new book, The War Game, is an uncharacteristically flippant reference by a serious historian to a deadly serious business.
Video – The War Game: Australian War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq’ – Speaker: David Horner
Committing the nation to war is the gravest decision its leaders can make.
After the Blood Cools: The Warrior’s Dilemma by Gary McKay, MC – Book Review
Gary McKay is a former Australian Army officer who served as a platoon commander with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.
Mutineers: Presented by Robert Hadler – Video
Mutineers is a true story of the heroes and villains who sparked the biggest controversy in the annals of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) when they led a mutiny on […]
How Wars End – Virtual Conference
Hosted by Professor Damien Kingsbury & Richard Iron CMG OBE.
Sad joys on deployment by Greg Bruce – Book Review
Sad Joys on Deployment is the memoir of an orthopaedic surgeon1 in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve (RAAFSR) who deployed overseas ten times on operations between 1995 and […]
Written in the sky by Mark Carr – Book Review
Written in the Sky is an autobiography of one man’s desire to fly, recording his efforts to achieve a boyhood dream and the challenges and rewards of realising his ambitions.
An interesting point: a history of military aviation at Point Cook by Steve Campbell-Wright – Book Review
On Sunday, 1 March 1914, a Bristol Boxkite aircraft flown by Lieutenant Eric Harrison, took to the skies over Point Cook, Victoria, marking the first flight by a military aircraft […]
