This lesson plan by Sally Graham uses case studies from the fall of Singapore and Battles of Gaza to acknowledge that while defeat is the antithesis of an Army's purpose, there is surprising value to be had in discussing defeats and contextualising their significance.

A team at the Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, from the University of New South Wales have developed a website called 'Australia's Vietnam War' which presents available data, including the official war diaries from the conflict in a visual or graphic form.

The ‘Australian Army History Series’ provided by the Cambridge University Press is focused on the history of the Army, its people and its role in the development of the nation.

This article by Theo Farrell via the Journal of Strategic Studies asks the question ‘how do militaries improve operational performance in war?’

This article titled ‘Military Learning and Competing Theories of Change’ by Janine Davidson via the University of Michigan Press suggests that militaries have a difficult time innovating. It applies modern concepts of organisational theory and organisational change to address the ‘catalyst for change’ question – do militaries change on their own?

This episode from the Dead Prussian Podcast Series features Karl James, a senior historian at the Australian War Memorial and editor of Kokoda: Beyond the Legend. During the podcast, Karl covers the legend and reality of Kokoda as well as its significance to Australia. 

The Australian War Memorial presents ‘Australians at War' an Australian military history overview. These short chapters focus specifically on Australia's involvement in war, from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century, to peacekeeping roles, and the First and Second Gulf Wars.

Defence-in-Depth is the research blog of the Defence Studies Department. It provides in-depth contemporary and historical analysis of issues relating to defence.  

The Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society has put together a comparative study of the combat operations conducted by Commonwealth forces in North Borneo during Indonesia’s Confrontation with Malaysia, and the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam.

This series of three articles published by Foreign Policy tell the story of Abu Ahmad, a Syrian operative for the Islamic State who witnessed the group's lightning expansion firsthand and spent months among its most notorious foreign fighters.