Struggling for self reliance : four case studies of Australian regional force projection in the late 1980s and the 1990s /

Breen, Bob,

Struggling for self reliance : four case studies of Australian regional force projection in the late 1980s and the 1990s / Bob Breen. - 1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) - Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; 171 . - Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; 171. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Relevance, theory and practice of force projection for Australia's defence -- Australian force projection 1885-1985 -- Lead up to operation Morris Dance -- Responses to crisis -- Lessons and observations -- Lead-up to operation lagoon -- Conduct and aftermath of operation lagoon -- Search for joint command and control -- Lead up to operation Bel Isi -- Challenges during the first 12 months -- Projection to East Timor -- Reflections and observations.

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"Military force projection is the self-reliant capacity to strike from mainland ports, bases and airfields to protect Australia's sovereignty as well as more distant national interests. Force projection is not just a flex of military muscle in times of emergency or the act of dispatching forces. It is a cycle of force preparation, command, deployment, protection, employment, sustainment, rotation, redeployment and reconstitution. If the Australian Defence Force consistently gets this cycle wrong, then there is something wrong with Australia's defence. This monograph is a force projection audit of four Australian regional force projections in the late 1980s and the 1990s."--Provided by publisher


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English.

9781921536090 1921536098

10.26530/OAPEN_459735 doi

ANU E Press, WK Hancock Library, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 22573/ctt236rrq JSTOR


Australia--Armed Forces.


National security--Australia.
Military history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Security (National & International)
Armed Forces.
Military readiness.
National security.


Australia--Defenses--Case studies.
Australia.

australia. case studies. armed forces. national security. defenses.


Electronic books.
Case studies.

UA870 / .B694 2008

355.033294