
The Australian Army
A History
Jeffrey Grey(Author)
OUP Australia and New Zealand (Publisher)
Published on 3. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-0-19-555540-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Australian Army is the first history of the army which seeks to explain its development. It is a portrait of the Australian Army with its shortcomings and failures, its triumphs and successes. The business of armies is war, and war is a wretched business. There is much in the story of the Australian Army that is admirable, some things that are noble, and a few which should still have the power to inspire generations of Australians to thank those who have worn the uniform, for the fact that they can avoid first-hand knowledge of the business of war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Illustrations
29 halftones, 5 maps, 26 tables
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
796 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-555540-0 (9780195555400)
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Person
Author
Associate Professor at the School of HistoryAssociate Professor at the School of History, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra