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oapen-20.500.12657-520342021-12-16T02:46:26Z Fighting Australia's Cold War Dean, Peter Moss, Tristan cold war Malaya Confrontation military history Korean War bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJM Australasian & Pacific history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTW The Cold War bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history::HBWS Military history: post WW2 conflicts bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history::HBWS Military history: post WW2 conflicts::HBWS1 Korean War 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 of the longest continual overseas deployments in Australia's history. Working closely with its allies, Australia also trained for a large conventional war in Southeast Asia, while a significant percentage of the defence force guarded the Papua New Guinea–Indonesian border. At home, the Defence organisation grappled with new threats and military expansion, while the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation defended the nation from domestic and foreign threats. This book examines this crucial part of Australia’s security history, so often overlooked as merely a precursor to the Vietnam War. It addresses key questions such as how did Australia achieve its security goals at home and in the region in this new Cold War environment? What were the experiences of the services, units and individuals serving in Southeast Asia? How did this period shape Australia’s defence for years to come? 2021-12-15T16:01:26Z 2021-12-15T16:01:26Z 2021 book ONIX_20211215_9781760464837_3 9781760464837 9781760464820 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52034 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International book.pdf ANU Press ANU Press 10.22459/FACW.2021 10.22459/FACW.2021 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781760464837 9781760464820 ANU Press 224 Canberra open access
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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 of the longest continual overseas deployments in Australia's history. Working closely with its allies, Australia also trained for a large conventional war in Southeast Asia, while a significant percentage of the defence force guarded the Papua New Guinea–Indonesian border. At home, the Defence organisation grappled with new threats and military expansion, while the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation defended the nation from domestic and foreign threats. This book examines this crucial part of Australia’s security history, so often overlooked as merely a precursor to the Vietnam War. It addresses key questions such as how did Australia achieve its security goals at home and in the region in this new Cold War environment? What were the experiences of the services, units and individuals serving in Southeast Asia? How did this period shape Australia’s defence for years to come?
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