Beyond combat : Australian military activity away from the battlefield / edited by Tristan Moss and Tom Richardson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moss, Tristan, editor.

Richardson, Tom, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia. Australian Army--Military life.

Australia.

Australia. Australian Army--History.

Australia--Armed Forces--Civic action.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2018.

Summary:

War is only a small part of military life. Uniformed men and women spend the vast majority of their time away from combat, training, receiving medical attention, burying the dead and undertaking the myriad tasks of survival in an operational zone. Beyond Combat explores how the military manages its 'other' roles, as well as the experiences of the servicemen and women themselves. With contributions from Christina Twomey, Noah Riseman, Shirleene Robinson and Major Clare O'Neill, among others, Beyond Combat is a ground-breaking examination of life beyond the frontline.

Contents:

Missing in action : non-combat military activities and history / Tristan Moss, Tom Richardson

Managing soldiers and their families. Bring the family : Australia's overseas military communities and regional engagement, 1945-1988 / Cristina Twomey ; From witch-hunts to pride balls : the ADF and LGBTI service personnel / Noah Riseman ; Sexuality at a cost : lesbian servicewomen in the Australian military, 1960s-1980s / Shirleene Robinson

Military education. Chalkies and civics : teaching the military in Papua New Guinea, 1966-1972 / Tristain Moss ; Training for the enduring human dimension of war / Clare O'Neill ; Military education : establishing the Diploma of Military Science, 1907-1915 / William Westerman

Caring for the soldiers. The lousy business of war : lice-infested uniforms and British preventive medicine in the First World War / Georgia McWhinney ; 'My dearest girls' : letters from Australian Army nurses / Jaclyn Hopkins ; From bully beef to crème caramel : feeding the troops / Alison Wishart ; From the line to rear echelon : Australia's Army bands after the Second World War / Anthea Skinner

Remembrance and the dead. Search, recovery and 'closure' : the Royal Australian Air Force and its missing from wars of the 20th century / John Moremon ; Morphing vessels into artifacts / Benjamin Hruska ; Singapore's 'new' military history : a military history from a non-war fighting past / Ong Weichong

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-74224-428-9