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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Other Authors: Dean, Peter (Editor), Moss, Tristan (Editor)
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Published: Canberra ANU Press 2021
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