The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

by Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey, Ewan Morris

This is a comprehensive guide to Australian military history, broadly conceived within a critical and analytical framework. Its 800 entries. extend beyond standard categories such as battles, campaigns, biographies, and weapons, and encompass the structures of various parts of the defense
force organization and their evolution, military language and customs, literature dealing with military themes and treaties, alliances and acts of parliament that have had a significant impact on the military. Complete with 100 photographs and 32 maps, the result is a comprehensive work of
reference, analysis and interest that will come to be regarded as the authoritative work in the field.

Genres: Military Fiction, History

692 pages, Hardcover

First published January 18, 1996

About the author

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Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects. He is a keen wargamer and modelmaker. He is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.