Understanding Australia’s polar attraction
Understanding Australia’s Polar Attraction: Antarctic Grand Strategy 1900–1960
A 2021 Australian Naval Review Commentary Paper.
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue...
Bolstering Australian regional defence collaboration
ANI's Saltwater Strategists podcast series.
Title: Strategy, history & geography: The key to bolstering Australian regional defence collaboration?
In the final Saltwater Strategists episode for season...
Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water. Murder and Fraud in the World's Most Secretive Industry. By Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel. ISBN: 9781838952525
Reviewed by Captain John Konrad...
Thoughts on Alliance Naval Strategy
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 2, in December 2021.
By Dr Patrick M Cronin*
China’s bare-knuckle effort to intimidate Taiwan...
Mao’s Army Goes to Sea
Mao’s Army Goes to Sea; The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy. By Toshi Yoshihara. Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2022.
Reviewed by Tim Coyle...
HMS Terror. The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discovery Ship
HMS Terror. The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discovery Ship. By Matthew Betts. Published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2022. ISBN978 1 5267 8313 4
Reviewed by David...
The French Fleet Ships, Strategy and Operations 1870-1918
The French Fleet Ships, Strategy and Operations 1870-1918. By Ruggero Stanglini and Michele Cosentino, Seaforth publishing 2022.
Reviewed by John Mortimer
This book examines the...
Scrap Iron Flotilla wins the 2022 Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize
The winner of the Australian Naval Institute’s Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize was announced on 14 December in an on-line ceremony by Captain Simon...
Biographer seeks Sir Victor Smith reminiscences
In 1992 the Australian Naval Institute published A Few Memories of Admiral Sir Victor Smith. Sir Victor played a leading role in the formation of the...
The Steep Atlantick Stream
The Steep Atlantick Stream: A Memoir of Convoys and Corvettes. By Robert Harling. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2022; ISBN 978-1-3990-7288-5).
Reviewed by John Johnston
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