Select Publications
Books
2015, The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam An analysis of Australian Task Force combat operations, Cambridge University Press
,2015, The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam An Analysis of Australian Task Force Combat Operations, Cambridge University Press
,2015, The Search For Tactical Success in Vietnam, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne
,2000, Combat Battalion The Eighth Battalion in Vietnam, Allen & Unwin
,1997, Preparing for Australia`s Military After Next: The Price Report and a `New Model` Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra
,1997, The Black Diggers Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War, Aboriginal Studies Press
,1995, Fighters from the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Recall the Second World War, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra
,Book Chapters
2020, 'A Long Bridge in Time: The 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam via Malaya and Borneo', in Glenn R (ed.), Trust and Leadership: The Australian Army Approach to Mission Command, University of North Georgia Press, Dohlonega, Georgia, USA, pp. 127 - 155
,2017, '‘Vietnam: Insights Gained, Lessons Lost’', in Frame T (ed.), The Long Road,, Sydney
,2012, '‘‘Landmark’ battles and the myths of Vietnam’', in Stockings (ed.), Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: Twelve myths and misconceptions of Australian military history, Sydney
,2003, 'Lessons From Vietnam – Combined Arms Assault Against Prepared Defences', in Evans M; Ryan A (ed.), From Breitenfeld to Baghdad: Perspectives on Combined Arms Warfare, Land Warfare Studies Centre, Canberra
,1991, 'Aborigines and Australian Defence Planning', in Ball D (ed.), Aborigines in the Defence of Australia, Australian National University Press, Botany, pp. 205 - 221
,1991, 'Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War', in Ball D (ed.), Aborigines in the Defence of Australia, Australian National University Press, Botany, pp. 32 - 63
,Journal articles
2020, 'Danger Close: battle without context', History Australia, 17, pp. 195 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2020.1717355
,2018, 'Shots per casualty: An indicator of combat efficiency for the first australian task force in south Vietnam', Defense and Security Analysis, 34, pp. 410 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2018.1529080
,2018, '‘Fifty Years Since the Tet Offensive’', Australian Outlook
,2014, 'The Australian counterinsurgency campaign in the Vietnam war: the ambush battle', Journal of Maps, 10, pp. 61 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2013.870095
,2011, 'Aborigines, the Army and the Second World War in northern Australia', Aboriginal History Journal, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/ah.04.2011.05
,2011, 'Operation Wandering Souls’: Australians are helping Vietnam locate some of its thousands of missing in action', Wartime
,2010, 'Kinetics in counterinsurgency: some influences on soldier combat performance in the 1st Australian Task Force in the Vietnam War', Small Wars and Insurgencies, 21, pp. 498 - 518
,2009, 'Bang on Target: Infantry marksmanship and combat effectiveness in Vietnam', Australian Army Journal, vi
,2008, 'The political and military effectiveness of Commonwealth Forces in Confrontation 1963-66.', Small Wars and Insurgencies, 19, pp. 238 - 255
,2001, 'Accidental Discharges – The Soldier’s Industrial Accident in Vietnam and East Timor', Australian Defence Force Journal
,1992, 'Black Magic: Leonard Waters – Second World War fighter pilot', Aboriginal History, 16
,1992, 'Finding the Black parts of the Digger Legend: A guide to archival sources on the Aboriginal and Islander contribution', Aboriginal History, 16
,1990, 'An Invitation to National Disunity’: Chinese Support for Australia’s War Effort in the Second World War and the White Australian Response', War and Society, 8
,1990, 'Black Australians in the Second World War', Revue Internationale d’Histoire Militaire
,1989, 'THE SHADOWS EDGE - AUSTRALIA NORTHERN WAR - POWELL,A', AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK, 43, pp. 88 - 89, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1989DX30700020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1980, 'Aborigines and the Army', Australian Defence Force Journal
,Reports
2012, Comparative Study: Combat operations in North Borneo (Indonesian Confrontation) and 1ATF in Vietnam.
,2008, Study of the structures, arms and approaches to the employment of fires of the Australian rifle section in South Vietnam, 1966-1971
,2006, Historical soldier load carrying
,2006, The effectiveness of combined arms teams in urban terrain: The battle of Binh Ba, Vietnam 1969, and the battles of Fallujah, Iraq, 2004.
,2004, Indirect fire support for the Australian Army in Vietnam, 1965-1971
,2003, Ambush and attack incidents involving the Australian Army in Vietnam
,2003, Analysis of Australian urban engagements in Vietnam
,2002, Attacks on prepared defended positions by units of 1st ATF, 1966-1971
,2002, Friendly fire in low level warfare: The experience of the First Australian Task Force in Vietnam, 1966-1971.
,1985, Report: Employment of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders by the Defence Force During the Second World War, Canberra
,Working Papers
2010, Case Study: Confronting moral dilemmas in combat: Vietnam 1966-1971, Centre for Defence Leadership and Ethics, Australian Defence College, Weston, Canberra, Canberra ACT, 1/2010, http://dx.doi.org
,Other
2018, ‘Tet ’68 in Phuoc Tuy: Impact on communities’, Australia's Vietnam War website, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/tet-68-in-phuoc-tuy-impact-on-communities/
,2018, ‘More about Tet ’68 in Baria’, Australia's Vietnam War website, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/more-about-tet-68-in-baria/
,2017, ‘50th Anniversary: South Vietnam’s 1967 Presidential election’, 'Australia's Vietnam War' website, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/50th-anniversary-south-vietnams-1967-presidential-election/
,2016, ‘Keeping the Troops in the Field Part 1: Rations’, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/keeping-the-troops-in-the-field-part-1-rations/
,2016, ‘Keeping the Troops in the Field Part 2: Water Resupply’, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/keeping-the-troops-in-the-field-part-2-water-resupply/
,2015, ‘Contact! Wait, Out’: Battle procedure after contact’, 'Australia's Vietnam War' website, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/contact-wait-out-battle-procedure-after-contact/
,2015, 'Australia's Vietnam War' website, https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
,2010, Operation Wandering Souls
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