The shadow men : the leaders who shaped the Australian Army from the Veldt to Vietnam / edited by Craig Stockings and John Connor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stockings, Craig A. J., editor.

Connor, John, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia. Australian Army--Officers--Biography.

Australia.

Military art and science--Australia--History.

Military art and science.

Leadership--Australia--History.

Leadership.

Australia--Armed Forces--History.

Australia--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Australian military history is full of heroes big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences, like Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Half Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: John Connor

1. The First Commander: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward 'Curley' Hutton - Craig Stockings and Tom Richardson

2. Duntroon to the Dardanelles: Major-General Sir William Bridges - Chris Clark

3. The Enigma: General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White - Peter Stanley

4. Not Up to the Job? Major-General Gordon Legge - Chris Clark

5. The Soldier as Technocrat: Brigadier John William Alexander O'Brien - Jeffrey Grey

6. The Quiet Achiever: Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott - Robert Stevenson

7. Fall and Rise: Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Rowell- Karl James

8. A Military Intellectual: Colonel E.G. Keogh - Jeffrey Grey

9. The Catalyst: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly - Jeffrey Grey

10. Post-war Planner: Lieutenant-General Sir Mervyn Brogan - Tristan Moss

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-74224-275-8

OCLC:

990618294