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The Future of the Australian Army

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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Hugh
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:19:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2020-11-22T07:39:31Z
dc.description.abstractThe army of an island nation will always be either a purely defensive force or an expeditionary one. For most of our short history, Australian armies have been expeditionary, and they have been the principal instrument of Australian strategic policy. But that ended after Vietnam, when for the first time Australia�s key defence objective became the direct and independent defence of the island-continent. This was a job for the Navy and the Air Force, with Army required only to round up any small enemy forces that might evade the air and naval defences. Expeditionary operations were no longer a priority, and the Army�s role became secondary and purely defensive.
dc.identifier.issn1833-1459
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/19493
dc.publisherKokoda Foundation
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.sourceSecurity Challenges
dc.titleThe Future of the Australian Army
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage32
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage27
local.contributor.affiliationWhite, Hugh, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidWhite, Hugh, u1583362
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160601 - Australian Government and Politics
local.identifier.absseo810102 - Army
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4713172xPUB8
local.identifier.citationvolume7
local.identifier.thomsonID000214048400005
local.type.statusPublished Version

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