Australian Army Journal

AAJ - Volume I, Number 2, Summer 2003

Editorial

Intellectual Mastery and Professional Military Journals

Point Blank

Information Warfare and Mimicking Operations
Christopher Flaherty

Of Smoking Guns and Mushroom Clouds: Explaining the Bush Doctrine and the Rise of Military Pre-emption
Michael Evans

The War in Iraq

Racing Towards the Future: Reflections on Iraq, the Art of Command and Network-centric Warfare
General Peter Cosgrove

Planning in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Observations of an Australian Liaison Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Field

Special Operations

Guarding Australians Against Terrorism: The Role of the Australian Defence Force's Special Operations Command
Major General Duncan Lewis

Inside and Outside the Battlespace: Understanding the Rise of Special Operations in Australia
Major General Duncan Lewis

Terrorism

Twin Towers Revisited: A Cultural Interpretation of Modern Terrorism
John Carroll

Tactics

The Essential Debate: Combined Arms and the Close Battle in Complex Terrain
Lieutenant Colonel David Kilcullen

Future concepts and Force Development

Preparing for Complexity: The e Case for an Expeditionary Task Force in the Australian Army of 2020
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Ryan

A Shield for a Hardened Army: The e Infantry Mobility Vehicle and the Concept of a Motorised Battle Group
Lieutenant Colonel John Hutcheson

Command and Leadership

Commanding the Net Generation: An Argument for Mentoring Junior Leaders in the 21st-century Australian Army
Lieutenant Colonel Dan Fortune

Training and Doctrine

The Value of Military Advisory Teams: Lessons from the Australian Experience in Sierra Leone
Captain G. A. Chisnall

Nation Building

Rebuilding the Solomons: A Case Study in Developing Principles for Permissive Intervention
Michael O'Connor

Military History

The Realist Tradition of Australian-American Military Relations
Major Russell Parkin

Strategic Cousins? Australian and Canadian Military Outlooks Compared
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Blaxland

CHIEF OF ARMY ESSAY COMPETITION

New Strategy for New Times: The Failings of Defence of Australia
Major R. J. Worswick

Insights

Some Observations on the Role of Reconnaissance in Urban Operations
Lieutenant Colonel Jason Thomas

The Russian Experience of Urban Combat: Some Lessons from Central Asia
Flight Sergeant Martin Andrew, RAAF

Retrospect

Tanks Against Japan
Lieutenant Colonel S. C. Graham

Review Essay

The Feel of Steel: The History of Swordsmanship
Michael Evans

Book Reviews

Letters and Commentary

The Chauvel Essay Prize

Diary

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