Fighting Australia's Cold War: the nexus of strategy and operations in a multipolar Asia, 1945-1965 /

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In the first two decades of the Cold War, Australia fought in three conflicts and prepared to fight in a possible wider conflagration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In Korea, Malaya and Borneo, Australian forces encountered new types of warfare, integrated new equipment and ideas, and were part...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Dean, Peter J. (Peter John), 1974- (Editor), Moss, Tristan (College teacher) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Cold War.
Military history.
Guerre froide.
Australia > History, Military > 20th century.
Australie > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Australia
Military history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Fighting Australia's Cold War
  • Part 1. Strategy and the postwar military
  • 1. Australian strategic policy in the global context of the Cold War, 1945-65
  • 2. Australia's military after the Second World War: Legacies and challenges
  • 3. The 'fourth arm' of Australia's defence: ASIO and the early Cold War
  • 4. The Korean War
  • Part 2. Planning for and fighting in Southeast Asia, 1955-65
  • 5. Planning for war in Southeast Asia: The Far East Strategic Reserve, 1955-66
  • 6. The Malayan Emergency
  • 7. Australia's Confrontation with Indonesia and military commitment to Borneo, 1964-66
  • 8. Defending Australia's land border: The Australian military in Papua New Guinea
  • Part 3. Retrospective
  • 9. The Australian way of war and the early Cold War
  • Index.

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