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View article: The ‘fourth arm’ of Australia’s defence: ASIO and the early Cold War
The ‘fourth arm’ of Australia’s defence: ASIO and the early Cold War Open
The 'fourth arm' of Australia's defence: ASIO and the early Cold War
View article: Mongooses (Urva auropunctata) as reservoir hosts of Leptospira species in the United States Virgin Islands, 2019–2020
Mongooses (Urva auropunctata) as reservoir hosts of Leptospira species in the United States Virgin Islands, 2019–2020 Open
During 2019–2020, the Virgin Islands Department of Health investigated potential animal reservoirs of Leptospira spp., the bacteria that cause leptospirosis. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated Leptospira spp. exposure and carri…
View article: Fighting Australia’s Cold War: The Nexus of Strategy and Operations in a Multipolar Asia, 1945–1965
Fighting Australia’s Cold War: The Nexus of Strategy and Operations in a Multipolar Asia, 1945–1965 Open
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 o…
View article: Australian higher command in the Korean War: The experience of Brigadier John Wilton
Australian higher command in the Korean War: The experience of Brigadier John Wilton Open
Australian higher command in the Korean War is not just a matter of esoteric interest.Rather, from the time of the First World War, higher command arrangements have been a crucial element during most of Australia's military commitments.The…
View article: Why was 5 RAR Stationed at Nui Dat?
Why was 5 RAR Stationed at Nui Dat? Open
Phuoc Tuy Province and Nui Dat are two names that resonate strongly with Australian Vietnam veterans.More Australian soldiers served in Phuoc Tuy than in any other part of Vietnam and, while operating in the province and sometimes in nearb…
View article: In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia’s Korean War
In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia’s Korean War Open
Open hostilities in the Korean War ended on the 27th of July 1953. The armistice that was signed at that time remains the poignant symbol of an incomplete conclusion – of a war that retains a distinct possibility of resuming at short notic…
View article: A National Asset
A National Asset Open
This volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC). The Centre is Australia’s largest body of scholars dedicated to the analysis of the use of armed force in its political context and one of th…