Tiger territory
Subtitle: the untold story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971
By: Ian Pfennigwerth.
Publisher: Rosenberg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dural, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781877058653
Subjects: Australia. -- Royal Australian Navy -- History -- 20th century; Southeast Asia -- Military relations -- Australia; Australia -- Military relations -- Southeast Asia; Australia -- History, Naval -- 20th century
Description: "Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. With British and New Zealand forces, they fought against insurrection and infiltration during the Malayan Emergency between 1955 and 1960 and countered Indonesian incursions and infiltrations into Malaysia and Singapore during Confrontation (1964-66). In the process, RAN personnel held key positions in the Royal Malaysian Navy during its most challenging period of development and growth. In this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with Southeast Asia and its concept of 'forward defence'. While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and Singapore now enjoy, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land forces, or patiently laying the foundations for the regional navies to build upon. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this underappreciated achievement, and recounts their previously unpublished experiences."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.