The Australian Centenary History of Defence: The making of the Australian Defence Force

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Oxford University Press, 2001 - 336 pages
Provides a history of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) whose institutional establishment proved to be a key to the emergence of Australia as an independent nation. It also explores the elaborate web of changing strategic circumstance, alliance relationships, transitory personalities, technological innovation, and differing national needs along with expectations that has influenced the development of Australia's naval defence.

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