Previous topics have included:
Battles Near and Far
Second Half Century of the Australian Army
1918 Defining Victory
The Boer War
100 Years of the Australian Army
Vietnam, the 30th Anniversary
Foundations of Victory, the Pacific War, 1943-44

The topic in 2005 will be:
'Entangling Alliances:
Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century'

With this annual two-day conference now entering its second decade, the event has become the largest military history conference held in Australia, and one of the largest of its kind held worldwide. The published proceedings provide an accessible, high quality reference series on the Army's evolution and experience.

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Chief of Army's History Conference
'Entangling Alliances:
Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century'
13-14 October 2005 National Convention Centre Canberra

1900 for 1930, RMC Officer's Mess, Duntroon.

0815 Registration

0850 Opening Remarks: Chief of Army

0900 Keynote Address: Mr Williamson Murray

1000 Morning Tea

1030 Alliance Warfare in Early Modern Europe: Dr John Reeve

1130 Lunch

1300 Alliances and the Great War
The British Empire: Dr Gary Sheffield
The Central Powers: Professor Holger H. Herwig
Anglo-French Alliance Relations: Dr Elizabeth Greenhalgh


1500 Afternoon Tea

1530 The Second World War
Australia: Professor David Horner
The War in Southeast Asia: Dr Brian Farrell

1700 Close

0900 Allies in Vietnam: the South Vietnamese: Dr George J. Veith

1000 Morning Tea

1030 A Small Power in Alliance: New Zealand in the Twentieth Century:
Dr Stephen Clark

1130 Lunch

1400 A 'Difficult' Ally: France and the United States from Desert Storm to Iraq:
Professor Jolyon Howorth

1500 Afternoon Tea

1530 A Middle Power Ally: Canada in the Twentieth Century:
Professor Jack Granatstein

1640 Closing Remarks: Chief of Army

VENUE

Dinner - 12 October
Officers' Mess, Royal Military College,
Plant Road, Duntroon, Canberra

DRESS

Dinner
Lounge Suit

Conference
Dress of the day
(Business dress. Serving members are encouraged to attend in uniform)

REGISTRATION

Fee includes morning/afternoon tea, lunch and published proceedings.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation bookings and costs are a personal responsibility.