… Australian Defence Force (ADF) traces the evolution toward the … modern ADF, the challenges it faced, and the opportunities it …
by
David Horner
An Atlas of Australia’s Wars (2nd edition)
… battles. This large format volume accompanies narrative descriptions … maps, ensuring Coates’ atlas a place on the bookshelves of all …
by
John Coates
Author
Colm Lister
Colm Lister is a junior officer in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He is currently a Platoon Commander of Combat Supplies within 6th Field Supply Company of the 7th Combat Service Support Battalion.
Australian Defence: Sources and Statistics
This book is the single most useful reference for key statistical data on Australian defence to 2001.
by
Joan Beaumont
The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War
A classic work that pioneered a resurgence in Australian intellectual interest in soldier’s experiences in the Great War.
by
Bill Gammage
Starship Troopers
… graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1928 and continued his … and going to war with an alien race, ‘the Bugs’, hides layers of … requires individual sacrifice. … Starship Troopers …
by
Robert A Heinlein
Ender's Game
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.
by
Orson Scott Card
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
… explores the motivations and actions of people who demonise …
by
Cormac McCarthy
Heart of Darkness
Sailor Charles Marlow recounts to his friends his time as a Steamer captain for an ivory trading company in the African interior.
by
Joseph Conrad
The Killer Angels
… supplied but buoyant Confederacy, and the superbly equipped but …