Over 22 - 23 April 1951, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, held off a much larger Communist force during the Battle of Kapyong. 3 RAR's sterling defence of Hill 504 ensured that the The Battle of Kapyong came to be known as the most significant and important battle for Australian troops in the Korean War.

This paper, based on a presentation by Sir Michael Howard, forms part of the Shedden Papers at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies. It conveys concepts central to the study of military history, and military strategy, and also pays tribute to broader concepts such as the manner and purpose of scholarly inquiry.

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 titled ‘Strategy, Theory and History’ by Dr Christian Tripodi via Defence-in-Depth, discusses how a particular experience changed his approach. He moved from not wanting to be labeled as a military historian for fear of producing unoriginal and derivative work, to embracing the label.