AUSTRALIA UPDATES STRATEGIC POLICY FOR WARFARE IN THE GREY ZONE*

by Jeffry Babb

Warfare has changed greatly since the era of the Vietnam War. I say “Vietnam War” because nothing has stressed Australia’s political, social and economic structure as much since.

We have had significant deployments in Timor Leste, Afghanistan and the Middle East, among other places. But in none of them did we lose anywhere near the 520 men, volunteers and conscripts, that we lost in Vietnam. The progression to and dedication to an “all-volunteer defence force” has …

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