Guarding The Periphery The Australian Army In Papua New Guinea
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Author | : Tristan Moss |
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Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING |
ISBN | : 9781108197670 |
Guarding the Periphery recounts a part of Australian military history that is often overlooked by studies of Australia's military past
Author | : Tristan Moss |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108190464 |
Based around the Pacific Islands Regiment, the Australian Army's units in Papua New Guinea had a dual identity: integral to Australia's defence, but also part of its largest colony, and viewed as a foreign people. The Australian Army in PNG defended Australia from threats to its north and west, while also managing the force's place within Australian colonial rule in PNG, occasionally resulting in a tense relationship with the Australian colonial government during a period of significant change. In Guarding the Periphery: The Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 1951–75, Tristan Moss explores the operational, social and racial aspects of this unique force during the height of the colonial era in PNG and during the progression to independence. Combining the rich detail of both archival material and oral histories, Guarding the Periphery recounts a part of Australian military history that is often overlooked by studies of Australia's military past.
Author | : Tristan Moss |
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Release | : 2017 |
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ISBN | : 9781108201278 |
Author | : Tristan Moss |
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Author | : Tristan Edward Moss |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
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For twenty-four years Papua New Guinean units were a substantial part of the Australian Army, constituting the only regular force in Papua New Guinea (PNG) during the 1950s, and providing two battalions to secure the border with Indonesia during Confrontation. By 1972, shortly before Papua New Guinean independence, Papua New Guineans made up almost one in ten of the regular soldiers in the Australian Army. Just three years later, these men became the defence force of an independent PNG. Yet, there has been little scholarship that has addressed in detail the development of this force, the experiences of the soldiers within it, and its interaction with both the Australian colonial administration and PNG's independence in 1975. This thesis is the first study of the Australian Army in PNG to make extensive use of archival material and oral histories from both Australia and PNG. In doing so, it seeks to take advantage of under-utilised Papua New Guinean sources as well as the wealth of material that has only recently been released. This thesis explores the development of Papua New Guinean units from a colonial force to the independent Papua New Guinean Defence Force. It finds that while the Papua New Guinean units were initially raised overwhelmingly in the interests of Australian defence, the needs of an independent PNG were increasingly taken into account by the Army to such an extent that they coexisted as a secondary consideration for a significant period, becoming the Army's primary concern during the decade before independence. This thesis also examines the centrality of the treatment of Papua New Guineans to the development of the Army in PNG, showing that the changing perception of this unique group of soldiers shaped their role within the force. Finally, it questions the assumption that the Australian Army remained separate from wider developmental changes occurring in PNG during this period, revealing that the Army prepared for the possibility of Papua New Guinean nationhood even as it was tasked with defending Australia's interests. By examining the history of the Australian Army in PNG, and those who served within it, this thesis broadens our conception of how Australia was defended and of who defended it.
Author | : Paul Mench |
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Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Papua New Guinea |
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Author | : Ronald James May |
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Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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Author | : Peter Dean |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2021-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 176046483X |
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?
Author | : Bal Kama |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 221 |
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ISBN | : 9819729467 |
Author | : Matthew S. Muehlbauer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2018-02-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317533186 |
The Routledge History of Global War and Society offers a sweeping introduction to the most significant research on the causes, experiences, and impacts of war throughout history. This collection of twenty-seven essays by leading historians demonstrates how war and society studies have dramatically expanded the chronological, geographic, and thematic breadth of the field of military history. Each chapter addresses the ways in which recent scholarship has integrated cultural, ethical, environmental, medical, and ideological factors to explain both conventional conflicts and genocide, terrorism, and other forms of mass violence. The broad scope of the collection makes it the perfect primer for scholars and students seeking to understand the complex interactions of warfare and those affecting and affected by conflict.