| Description |
1 online resource (418 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of figures, maps and tables -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 The concept of an army's influence abroad -- 1 Eighty years of regional engagement -- 2 The Australian Army through the lens of Australian defence white papers since 1976 -- 3 Defence Attaché in Indonesia: Lessons from 20 years ago -- Part 2 Lessons from past relationships -- 4 General Blamey and the Backroom Boys: Colonel Conlon, and the Army's adaptation and access in the Pacific and Asia, 1942-1946 |
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5 'Not rich in standing armies or immediately available resources': Plans, realities and the Australian Regular Army's deployment to Korea, 1950 -- 6 Helping the Americans help the Vietnamese? Defence engagement with the Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975 -- 7 East Timor and the crisis of 1999: A case study on the limitations of relationships -- 8 Onward and onya: The involvement, interaction and influence of the New Zealand and Australian armies -- Part 3 Ongoing relationships -- 9 Access, but how much influence? An historical overview of Australia-Indonesia army-to-army cooperation |
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10 Australia's military engagement with Malaysia, 1955-2020 -- 11 Cambodia: More than 'a signals show' -- 12 Was the juice worth the squeeze? Australian Defence Force investment in nation-building in Bougainville and Solomon Islands -- 13 Achieving influence through advising relationships -- 14 Training teams as a force of choice: Building partner capacity in the Philippines -- 15 A perspective on diplomacy in the Army's contemporary regional relationship-building -- 16 The Army's patchy engagement with Australia's near north -- Index |
| Summary |
A thought-provoking analysis of the Australian Army's capacity to change, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. Australian Army fast |
| Subject |
Military relations
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Military relations -- Pacific Area
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Pacific Area -- Military relations -- Australia
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| Subject |
Australia
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Pacific Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dennis, Peter
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| ISBN |
1009086146 |
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9781009086141 |
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