A Military History of Australia

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Cambridge University Press, Jun 14, 1999 - History - 312 pages
This book represents a new, expanded and substantially updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. As well as providing a detailed chronological narrative of the wars in which Australia has been involved, it discusses the evolution of defense policy in peace and war, and the impact of war and military service on civilian society. In addition, the book considers how national security and defense policy is being shaped at the end of the twentieth century in a rapidly changing world.

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About the author (1999)

Jeffrey Grey was born on March 19, 1959. He was an Australian military historian and author. His books included A Military History of Australia and A Soldier's Soldier. He also edited the Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, the Oxford Australian Centenary History of Defence series, and the Oxford Centenary History of Australia and the Great War series. He founded the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict at the University of New South Wales Canberra. He was a professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He died on July 26, 2016 at the age of 57.

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