Anzac's Dirty Dozen (50 page)

Stanley, Peter
xi
,
8
–
9

Stateline
281

Stephenson, Rob
46
–
47

stereotyping
288
–
289

Stockings, Craig
xi
,
5

Strategic Insights
paper
212
–
213

Street, Geoffrey
79
,
83

Sudan War
14
,
23
,
85

suicide, casualties due to
269

Sukarno, President of Indonesia
92
–
93

Summers, Colonel Harry
195

Sunday Age
114

Super Seasprite helicopters
254

surrender, killing after
see
prisoners

Sutherland, Lieutenant General Richard
150

Sydney
(I), HMAS
167

Sydney
(II), HMAS
167
,
172
,
175

Sydney, NSW
20
,
171

Sydney Institute
214

Sydney Morning Herald
152

Taliban
248

tanks, in Afghanistan
229
–
230

Tarakan Island, Borneo
158
,
160

technological change
47
–
48
,
241
,
250

termination liability cost
252
–
253

Tet Offensive
188
,
192

Thailand
91

The Age
135
–
136

The Anzacs
37

The Australian Victories in France
36
–
37

The Oxford Companion to Australian
Military History
38

The Power of Power Politics
238

The Vietnam Years
134
–
135

The Western Front Diaries
37

Thomas, Dylan
258

Thomson, Mark
212
–
213

Tientsin Crisis
77

To Long Tan
193

Tobruk campaign
131
,
138
,
268

Torokina, Bougainville
148

Trafalgar, Battle of
20
–
21

Trembath, Richard
133

trench warfare
125
–
126

‘Tribal' class destroyers
176

Truth
30

Tu, Colonel
195

United Kingdom
see also
imperial defence policy; Royal Navy

casualties in Iraq
225

colonial troops from
18
–
19

conscription in
38
–
39

Hague Rules adopted by
119

invasion of Australia by
16

military alliances with
73
–
99
,
239
–
240

personnel committed to Iraqi War
222

women's military units
108
–
109

United Nations
68
–
69
,
90
,
214

United States

atrocities committed by
128
–
129

attitude to Australian military aid
232
–
233

Australian alliance with
8
,
67
,
235
–
259

conscription in
38

contribution to East Timor
215
–
217

Defense acquisition process
250
–
252

failure of intelligence services
243
–
244

in Afghanistan war
248

in Iraqi wars
219
–
226
,
247
–
250

in Korean War
90

in Vietnam War
187
,
196
,
199
–
200

in World War
II
141
–
142

influence on Australian military policy
95
–
97

Mai Lai atrocity
134

military alliances with
73
–
99

military record of
246

Philippines campaign
149
–
150

proneness to war
255
–
256

Report on Allied Contributions to the
Common Defence
213

servicewomen in military operations
108

‘Tacoma' class frigates
179

uranium weapons
249

Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
227
,
229

USN. . .
see
names of ships, e.g
.
‘Belleau Wood'

Vasquez, John
238

Victoria colony, frontier wars in
17

Victoria Cross
see
decorations and awards

Vietnam, invasion by China
244

VietnamWar
see also
Phouc Tuy province, Vietnam

atrocities in
133
–
136

Australian involvement in
7
,
67
–
68
,
93
–
96

Australians portrayed as victims of
13

Battle of Long Tan
13
,
67
–
68
,
188
,
193
,
195

‘landmark' battles
186
–
209

New Zealand troops in
67
–
68

Vietnam Years, The
134
–
135

Vo Nguyen Giap, General
192

volunteer armies
see also
militias

colonial corps
14
,
22
–
24

in World War
I
3
–
4
,
35
–
50

in World War
II
79
–
80

von Clausewitz, Carl
98

von Lettow-Vorbeck, General Paul
41
–
42

Voyager
,
HMAS
167
,
173

Wady Fara attack
132

Walker, Harold
46
–
47

Walter Burley Griffin Society
279
–
280

war, as central to history
8
–
9
,
260
–
286

war census cards
44

war crimes
see
atrocities

war memorials
9
see also
Australian War Memorial

by Lake Burley Griffin, proposed
262
–
263
,
278
–
285

for marginalised groups
100
–
110

in London
275

New Zealand War Memorial
70
–
71

War on Terror
258

wars of choice
74

Waterloo, Battle of
20
–
21
,
30
–
31

Watson, James
30

weapons of mass destruction, failure to find
97
,
221

weather, impact on naval operations
181
–
182

Weger, Private
126
–
128

Wellington, Duke of, places named after
20

Wellington Battalion
57
–
58

Wentworth, William Charles
21

West Australian
45

Western Front, artillery use
47
–
48

Western Front Diaries
37

Westmoreland, General William
200

Wewak campaign
148
,
157

What's Wrong with Anzac?
74
,
263

Whirlpool, Frederick
20

Whiskard, Geoffrey
80
,
83

White, General C.B.B.
84

white feathers
45

Wilcox, Craig
xi
,
3
,
114

Windschuttle, Keith
12

Wiradjuri tribe
16
–
17

Wiranto, General
216

women, in military history
5
,
100
–
111
,
169

Women's Auxiliary Air Force (UK)
108

Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force
107
–
109

Woodard, Garry
93

Wooragee community
44

workforce participation by gender
109
–
110

‘work-up' process for deployment
178

World Trade Center attacks, failure to foresee
243
–
244

World War I
see also
Gallipoli landing

atrocities by Australian troops
115
–
118

Australian involvement in
87
,
290
–
291

military nurses
104

RAN size during
170

volunteer armies
35
–
50

World War
II
6
,
89
–
90
,
106
,
138
–
164
,
170

Yolngu People of Arnhem Land
14
–
15

York, Duke of
36

Yorke, Sergeant
127
–
128

Zombie Myths of Australian Military
History
1
,
46
,
101