This history of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) traces the evolution toward the formation of a joint force from the Tange reorganisation in 1973.

The most authoritative single volume pictorial map reference of the Australian Army’s battles.

This book is the single most useful reference for key statistical data on Australian defence to 2001.

A classic work that pioneered a resurgence in Australian intellectual interest in soldier’s experiences in the Great War.

A simple tale of a young man joining up and going to war with an alien race, ‘the Bugs’, hides layers of deep and complex moral and political philosophy, the core of which is the notion that social responsibility requires individual sacrifice.

Ender Wiggin is six years old when he is taken from his family and sent to Battle School, where he is taught the art and science of war.

This historical novel set in the mid-19th Century American frontier subverts the normal conventions of the Western genre.

Sailor Charles Marlow recounts to his friends his time as a Steamer captain for an ivory trading company in the African interior.

Michael Shaara’s work portrays the Battle of Gettysburg, the turning point in the American Civil War, and examines the conflict on many levels.