Struggling for Self Reliance
Four case studies of Australian Regional Force Projection in the late 1980s and the 1990s
Authored by: Bob BreenPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
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—valid measures of competence. It concludes that Australia is running out of luck and time.
The Rudd Government has commissioned a new Defence White paper. This monograph is Exhibit A for change.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781921536083
- ISBN (online):
- 9781921536090
- Publication date:
- Oct 2008
- Note:
- Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 171
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/SSR.10.2008
- Series:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Co-publisher:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Disciplines:
- Social Sciences: Military & Defence Studies
- Countries:
- Australia
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- Preliminary Pages (PDF, 83KB)
- Abstract (PDF, 112KB)
- About the Author (PDF, 57KB)
- Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF, 104KB)
- Preface (PDF, 103KB)
- Relevance, Theory and Practice of Force Projection for Australia’s Defence (PDF, 173KB)
- Australian Force Projection 1885–1985 (PDF, 165KB)
- Lead Up to Operation Morris Dance (PDF, 162KB)
- Responses to Crisis (PDF, 166KB)
- Lessons and Observations (PDF, 128KB)
- Lead-Up to Operation Lagoon (PDF, 190KB)
- Conduct and Aftermath of Operation Lagoon (PDF, 197KB)
- Search for Joint Command and Control (PDF, 138KB)
- Lead Up to Operation Bel Isi (PDF, 211KB)
- Challenges during the first 12 months (PDF, 190KB)
- Projection to East Timor (PDF, 278KB)
- Reflections and Observations (PDF, 146KB)
- Conclusion (PDF, 174KB)
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