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Genre/Form: | History Naval history |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Stevens |
ISBN: | 0195541162 9780195541168 0195541146 9780195541144 0195541154 9780195541151 0195541170 9780195541175 0195541138 9780195541137 0195541189 9780195541182 0195541197 9780195541199 |
OCLC Number: | 50418095 |
Description: | xv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
Contents: | 1901-1913 : the genesis of the Australian Navy / David Stevens -- 1914-1918 : World War I / David Stevens -- 1919-1929 : an imperial service / Jason Sears -- 1929-1939 : depression and rearmament / Jason Sears -- 1939-1941 : World War II : the war against Germany and Italy / James Goldrick -- 1941-1945: World War II : the war against Japan / James Goldrick -- 1945-1954 : The Korean War era / Alastair Cooper -- 1955-1972 : the era of forward defence / Alastair Cooper -- 1972-1983 : towards self-reliance / Peter Jones -- 1983-1991 : a period of change and uncertainty / Peter Jones -- 1991-2001 : the era of defence reform / Kathryn Spurling -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Major RAN ships 1901-2000 -- Appendix 2. Professional heads of the Royal Australian Navy -- Appendix 3. Commissioned shore establishments -- Appendix 4. Fleet air arm squadrons -- Appendix 5. Category badges. |
Series Title: | Australian centenary history of defence, v. 3. |
Responsibility: | edited by David Stevens. |
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Abstract:
"The Australian Centenary History of Defence" explains the complexities of an essential strand of the Commonwealth's first century - the successes and the failures, the progress and the setbacks, in peace and war.
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This book provides so much detail, that it is, in effect, an encyclopaedia of Australia's military history. An excellent and very important publication. Asia Pacific Shipping Anyone undertaking any kind of professional research into Australia's military history or the history of Australian military events would find this book invaluable. Equally, even the amateur historian would find it both fascinating and useful. Asia Pacific Shipping Read more...
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