Guarding the Periphery - The Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 195175

Guarding the Periphery recounts a part of Australian military history that is often overlooked by studies of Australia's military past.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. An 'experimental establishment': the re-raising of the Pacific Islands Regiment, 1951-1957; 2. A 'fools paradise': the disturbances, 1957-1961; 3. 'Real duty': confrontation and the creation of PNG Command, 1962-1966; 4. From 'native' to national: Papua New Guinean soldiers, 1960-1975; 5. 'A new task': laying the foundations of a national army, 1966-1970; 6. The 'Black Handers': Australian soldiers and their families in PNG; 7. 'A different world': the rush to independence, 1970-1975.

About the author

Tristan Moss is a researcher on the Official Histories of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor at the Australian War Memorial, and is an adjunct lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

Summary

In Guarding the Periphery: The Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 1951–75, Tristan Moss explores the operational, social and racial aspects of this unique force during the height of the colonial era in PNG and during the progression to independence.

Product details

• Authors: Tristan Moss, Tristan (University of New South Wales Moss, Moss Tristan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781107195967
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19596-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Australian Army History Series; Australian Army History; Australian Army History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Australasian & Pacific history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE