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1 online resource (xviii, 195 pages) : maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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text file PDF 2.4MB |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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 of the longest continual overseas deployments in Australia's history. Working closely with its allies, Australia also trained for a large conventional war in Southeast Asia, while a significant percentage of the defence force guarded the Papua New Guinea-Indonesian border. At home, the Defence organisation grappled with new threats and military expansion, while the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation defended the nation from domestic and foreign threats. This book examines this crucial part of Australia's security history, so often overlooked as merely a precursor to the Vietnam War. It addresses key questions such as how did Australia achieve its security goals at home and in the region in this new Cold War environment? What were the experiences of the services, units and individuals serving during in Southeast Asia? How did this period shape Australia's defence for years to come? |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2022). |
| 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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Australia -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Cold War.
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Military history.
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Australie -- Histoire militaire -- 20e siècle.
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Guerre froide.
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Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbvhYhcM6fy9r83JBX |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Added Author |
Dean, Peter J. (Peter John), 1974- editor.
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Moss, Tristan (College teacher), editor.
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Australian National University Press, publisher.
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Fighting Australia's cold war: The nexus of strategy and operations in a multipolar Asia, 1945-1965. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2021 9781760464820 |
| ISBN |
9781760464837 electronic book |
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176046483X electronic book |
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9781760464820 print |
| Standard No. |
AUNED 000070258335 |
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AU@ 000070438933 |
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