Book Review – Tales From The Cold War, by MD Mahler
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Tales From the Cold War: The US Army in West Germany 1960-1975 MD Mahler recounts his personal experiences living and serving […]
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Book Review – On Operations, By BA Friedman
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Operations by BA Friedman is a book with a singular goal, to prove that the operational level of war is a […]
Book Review – Steve Hansen: The Legacy, by Gregor Paul
Reading Time: 4 minutes Steve Hansen, The Legacy by Gregor Paul is an in depth look behind the scenes at one of the most dominant teams […]
Book Review – Invasion Rabaul, by Bruce Gamble
Reading Time: 4 minutes Invasion Rabaul is the first entry in Bruce Gamble’s three part series on the role of Rabaul (New Britain) during the Pacific […]
Book Review: Mission Command in the Israel Defence Forces by Brig General Gideon Avidor
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mission command is a tricky concept that has been confusing western militaries for decades. At its best, it enables rapid decisive action […]
Book Review – Monash and Chauvel by Roland Perry
Reading Time: 4 minutes Monash and Chauvel (by Roland Perry) follows the journey of two of Australia’s most prominent generals through the latter half of the […]
Fighting Artificial Intelligence Battles in the Land Domain
Reading Time: 5 minutes In January the Australian Defence College published a paper by Dr Peter Layton under the title “Fighting Artificial Intelligence Battles: Operational Concepts […]
Book Review – Accessory to War, by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang
Reading Time: 3 minutes Space has gained prominence in recent years as an independent warfighting domain. This has resulted in renewed calls for nations to commit […]
Book Review – 1984, by George Orwell
Reading Time: 3 minutes George Orwell’s 1984 is a grim read that tells of a future in which something has gone horribly wrong in society resulting […]
Book Review – Philosophy for polar explorers
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a cold Monday night in Oxford when I went to see Erling Kagge speak in Blackwell’s bookshop. I wasn’t too […]
Beyond The Multi-Domain Model
Reading Time: 6 minutes Western militaries are struggling to comprehend how to effectively manage the rapidly changing character of contemporary warfare because the multi-domain model used […]
Edinburgh Castle and the Principles of War
Reading Time: 4 minutes I was fortunate to be able to visit Edinburgh Castle recently and as I was walking around learning about the history of […]
#DEFAUS16 to #DEFAUS19: Bringing Things Full Circle
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year marks the fourth iteration of the Australian incarnation of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (having commenced in 2016). As we find […]
Book Review – Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age
Reading Time: 3 minutes Martin Moore’s Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age explores what kind of influence social media wields, how it has evolved and where it might lead.
Holistic Agility
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is renewed interest in how Australia should navigate the coming decades of rapid technological change and increasing geopolitical multi-polarity coupled with […]