A Military History of Australia
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780511377181
Subjects: Australia
Description: A revised and updated edition of one of the most acclaimed accounts of Australian military history.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps, Tables, Figures and Measurement; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Third Edition; Introduction to the Second Edition; 1 The British Period, 1788-1870; 2 The Military and the Frontier, 1788-1901; 3 The Colonial Period, 1870-1901; 4 A New Nation and Its Military Forces, 1901-1914; 5 The Great War, 1914-1918; 6 The Inter-war Years, 1919-1939; 7 The Second World War, 1939-1941; 8 The Second World War, 1942-1945; 9 The Postwar Challenge, 1945-1955; 10 The Wars of Diplomacy, 1955-1972.; title: 11 From Cold War to Global War on Terror, 1972-Appendix 1 Chronological List of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces; Appendix 2 The Armed Forces: Strength and Expenditure; Select and Annotated Bibliography; Index.