Projecting Force : The Australian Army and Maritime Strategy

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, x/80pp. A little wear to card edges/corners; a very good copy. While the ADF does have a history of pursuing maritime strategy that arguably dates back to the landings at Gallipoli, most of its recent strategic thought has dealt with the requirements of Continental Defence. For most serving officers, maritime strategy represents an intellectual shift of direction. The essays contained in this monograph aim to facilitate that shift. They hope to draw back the curtain of poor understanding which at present obscures maritime strategy and thereby ease the three services' transition to this new guiding concept.The authors of this study paper examine the concepts that underpin maritime strategy and the operational, force structure, and doctrinal requirements of its successful implementation. Taken together they represent an intellectual starting point on the Army'sand the RAN and RAAF'sjourney towards the implementation of a revisited yet updated strategic idea. In these essays the authors demonstrate the benefits maritime strategy offers to the organisation, outline some of the challenges officers will need to overcome, and illuminate the pathways forward.…