The Gallipoli Evacuation by Peter Hart – Book Review
…to the decision to withdraw the force. Those factors, and the process by which the decision was made in both military and political circles, were more complicated than many realise….
War by Gwynne Dyer – Book Review
This modern classic by international journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer is widely acknowledged as one of the most compelling analyses of the history and psychology of armed conflict throughout…
Australia’s Defence: towards a new era?
Edited by Peter J Dean, Stephan Frühling and Brendan Taylor. Australia’s Defence: Towards a New Era? brings together a dozen papers from leading experts to examine the domestic and international…
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. The War Game examines why and how Australia went to war, and how it managed the nation’s…
The Girls in Grey
…sensitivity around war history and its interpretation and we garnered feedback throughout the process from both military historians and theatre professionals as to the authenticity and impact of the work….
War by Gwynne Dyer – Book Review
This modern classic, by journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer, is a most compelling analysis of the history and psychology of armed conflict through the ages. Why do humans fight…
Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front, 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram – Book Review
…remained in the camps. Pegram: ‘… the comfortable conditions in officers’ camps was a good enough incentive for prisoners to remain where they were … Good treatment and comfortable living…
Destroy and build: pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-1972 by Thomas Richardson – Book Review
…popular support for the Front were more complex than simply poverty], even after five years of pacification, show[ing] how deeply entrenched pre-conceptions on the nature of the conflict were in…
