The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation, 1901–2001

Palazzo’s study of the Army from Federation through to the turn of the 21st Century is an important resource for understanding the changes to the institution, the development of the field army, the shifting relationship between full-time and part-time components, and the evolution of the machinery for their higher direction. Differing from Grey’s wider-ranging account, this work traces Army’s changing structure within the context of defence policy, strategic necessity, political expedience and financial reality.