The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

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Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to Australian military history, broadly conceived within a critical and analytical framework. Its 800 entries. extend beyond standard categories such as battles, campaigns, biographies, and weapons, and encompass the structures of various parts of the defense
force organization and their evolution, military language and customs, literature dealing with military themes and treaties, alliances and acts of parliament that have had a significant impact on the military. Complete with 100 photographs and 32 maps, the result is a comprehensive work of
reference, analysis and interest that will come to be regarded as the authoritative work in the field.

The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History,Peter Dennis,Jeffrey Grey,Ewan Morris,Robin Prior,John Connor,Oxford University Press, USA,0195532279,Armed Forces,Australia,Australia & New Zealand - General,Biography,Dictionaries,History - Military / War,History, Military,History: World,Military - General,Military History - Modern,Australasian & Pacific history,History / Australia & Oceania,History, World | Australian & Pacific,Reference works,Warfare & Defence

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