The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975

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The Official History of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 ( The official history of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts 1948-1975 ) is the official historiography of Australia's involvement in the Malay insurgency , the Konfrontasi and the Vietnam War . The compilation of the series was funded by the Australian government and published by publisher Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial . The historian Peter Edwards was appointed head of research in 1982. The series consists of nine volumes published between 1992 and 2012. A one-volume complete edition is under discussion.

Overview of the individual volumes

  • Volume 1: Peter Edwards and Gregory Pemberton: Crised & Commitments - The Politics and Diplomacy of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1965. Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1992, 515 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-184-3 .
  • Volume 2: Ian McNeill: To Long Tan - The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards 1993, 614 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-282-6 .
  • Volume 3: Brendan G. O'Keefe and FB Smith: Medicine at War - Medical aspects of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia 1950–1972. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards 1994, 505 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-301-4 .
  • Volume 4: Chris Coulthard-Clark: The RAAF in Vietnam - Australian Air Involvement in the Vietnam War 1962–1975. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonard 1995, 412 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-305-2 .
  • Volume 5: Jeffrey Gray and Peter Dennis: Emergency & Confrontation - Australian Military Operations in Malaya and Borneo 1950–1966. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards 1996, 381 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-302-1 .
  • Volume 6: Peter Edwards: A Nation at War - Australian Politics, Society and Diplomacy during the Vietnam War 1965–1975. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards 1997, 460 pages, ISBN 978-1-86448-282-9 .
  • Volume 7: Jeffrey Gray: up Top - The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asian Conflicts, 1955–1972. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards 1998, 380 pages, ISBN 978-1-86448-290-4 .
  • Volume 8: Ian McNeill and Ashley Ekins: On the Offensive - The Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1967–1968. Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest 2003, 650 pages, ISBN 978-1-86373-304-5 .
  • Volume 9: Ashley Ekins and Ian McNeill: Fighting to the Finish - The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1968-1975. Allen & Unwin, 1184 pages, ISBN 978-1-86508-824-2 .

literature

  • Peter Dennis et al .: The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand, Melbourne 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2 .
  • Peter Edwards: Continuity and Change in the Australian Official History In: Jeffrey Gray (Ed.): The last word? Essays on Official History in the United States and British Commonwealth. Greenwood Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-0-313-31083-6 .
  • Jeffrey Gray: A Military History of Australia. 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-69791-0 .