Australian Army Journal

AAJ - Volume VI, Number 2, Winter 2009

Editorial

Crossfire

The Adaptive Officer: Think, Communicate and Influence
Colonel John Hutcheson

Current Operations

How Much is Enough in Afghanistan?
Major General Jim Molan

Thoughts for Australian Planners in Afghanistan
Lieutenant Colonel Brett Chaloner

A Proactive Mental Approach: Lessons of a Contemporary Combat Team Commander
Major J M Greenshields

Support to Operation Victorian Fires Assist: Four Lessons in Defence Base Support
Colonel Chris Field

Concepts

'Beyond Cultural Awareness': Anthropology as an Aid to the Formulation and Execution of Military Strategy in the Twenty-First Century
Colonel Roger Noble

A Somewhat Heretical Proposal for the Future of Communications in the Army Reserve
Major P J Beor

Doctrine and Training

The Army Community of Practice: Becoming a Learning Environment
Warrant Officer Class One Glynn Potter

Preparing Our Soldiers for Operations Within Complex Human Terrain Environments
Major Jason Hayes

Military History

Deadly Pride and the Infamous Case of 'Post 11'
Craig Stockings

Tactics

Enhancing Platoon Groups: Adaption, Diffusion and Empowerment in Land Warfare
Captain Benjamin Watson

Book Reviews

The Accidental Guerrilla by David Kilcullen
Reviewed by Peter Mansoor

Power and Military Effectiveness: The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism by Michael C Desch
Reviewed by Ross Mallett

A Thousand Miles of Battles: The Saga of the Australian Light Horse in WW1 by Ian Jones
Reviewed by Jean Bou

Between Victor and Vanquished - ATIS Interrogators in the Pacific War by Arthur Page
Reviewed by Colonel Terry McCullagh

Extraordinary Justice: Military Tribunals in Historical and International Context by Peter Judson Richards
Reviewed by Wing Commander Terence O'Connor

The Secret War: A True History of Queensland's Native Police by Jonathan Richards
Reviewed by Major Murray Stewart

The War of Ideas: Jihad Against Democracy by Walid Phares
Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Jason Thomas

TITLES TO NOTE

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