Fighting Australia's Cold War The Nexus of Strategy and Operations in a Multipolar Asia, 1945–1965

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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Hlavní autor: Peter Dean, Tristan Moss, Peter Dean, Tristan Moss
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Canberra ANU Press 2021
Vydání:1
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Asian Studies
History
Military Studies
National security-Australia-History-20th century
ISBN:9781760464820, 1760464821, 9781760464837, 176046483X
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  • Front Matter Table of Contents Maps Acknowledgements Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: 1: Australian strategic policy in the global context of the Cold War, 1945–65 2: Australia’s military after the Second World War: 3: The ‘fourth arm’ of Australia’s defence: 4: The Korean War 5: Planning for war in Southeast Asia: 6: The Malayan Emergency 7: Australia’s Confrontation with Indonesia and military commitment to Borneo, 1964–66 8: Defending Australia’s land border: 9: The Australian way of war and the early Cold War Index
  • 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