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The AIF in Battle: How the Australian Imperial Force Fought, 1914-1918
Jean Bou
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Description for The AIF in Battle: How the Australian Imperial Force Fought, 1914-1918
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
By the end of the First World War the combat formations of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in both France and the Middle East were considered among the British Empire’s most effective troops. While sometimes a source of pride and not a little boasting, how the force came to be so was not due to any inherent national prowess or trait. Instead it was the culmination of years of training, organisational change, battlefield experimentation and hard-won experience—a process that included not just the Australians, but the wider British imperial armies as well.
This book brings together some of ... Read more
By the end of the First World War the combat formations of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in both France and the Middle East were considered among the British Empire’s most effective troops. While sometimes a source of pride and not a little boasting, how the force came to be so was not due to any inherent national prowess or trait. Instead it was the culmination of years of training, organisational change, battlefield experimentation and hard-won experience—a process that included not just the Australians, but the wider British imperial armies as well.
This book brings together some of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780522870220
SKU
V9780522870220
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99-50
About Jean Bou
Dr Jean Bou is a lecturer at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland, Australia, and holds a PhD in History from the University of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006 he joined the SDSC as a researcher for the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post- Cold War Operations.
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