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ID091492
Title ProperSources of the Australian tradition in irregular warfare, 1942-1974
LanguageENG
AuthorParkin, Russell
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article had its genesis in a background study for the development of a new Australian Army counter-insurgency doctrine. Archival research showed that the Australian counter-insurgency doctrine employed in such post-1945 conflicts as Burma, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam originated in the jungle campaigns of the South West Pacific Area during World War II. The historical record also showed that the Army's counter-insurgency doctrine, as with its World War II-jungle warfare doctrine, was a pragmatic amalgam of Australian experience and British doctrine. The article traces this process through the development of a series of doctrine manuals. It also considers the contribution of key individuals to both counter-insurgency theory and practice. This distinctively Australian approach to the development of doctrine was responsible for producing a highly successful manual, The Division in Battle: Pamphlet No. 11, Counter-Revolutionary Warfare (DIB 11), which the Army used during its involvement in Vietnam.
`In' analytical NoteSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 20, No. 1; Mar 2009: p.118 - 140
Journal SourceSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 20, No. 1; Mar 2009: p.118 - 140
Key WordsCounter-Insurgency ;  Jungle Warfare ;  Doctrine ;  Australia


 
 
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