Book contents
- An Army of Influence
- Acknowledgement of Country
- An Army of Influence
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1 The concept of an army’s influence abroad
- Part 2 Lessons from past relationships
- Chapter 4 General Blamey and the Backroom Boys
- Chapter 5 ‘Not rich in standing armies or immediately available resources’
- Chapter 6 Helping the Americans help the Vietnamese?
- Chapter 7 East Timor and the crisis of 1999
- Chapter 8 Onward and onya
- Part 3 Ongoing relationships
- Index
Chapter 5 - ‘Not rich in standing armies or immediately available resources’
Plans, realities and the Australian Regular Army’s deployment to Korea, 1950
from Part 2 - Lessons from past relationships
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2021
Book contents
- An Army of Influence
- Acknowledgement of Country
- An Army of Influence
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1 The concept of an army’s influence abroad
- Part 2 Lessons from past relationships
- Chapter 4 General Blamey and the Backroom Boys
- Chapter 5 ‘Not rich in standing armies or immediately available resources’
- Chapter 6 Helping the Americans help the Vietnamese?
- Chapter 7 East Timor and the crisis of 1999
- Chapter 8 Onward and onya
- Part 3 Ongoing relationships
- Index
Summary
A whirlwind of events at home and abroad forced Menzies’ hand, and he agreed to the deployment of Australian ground troops to Korea. So, in Washington, he took the opportunity to address Congress, both to justify and to talk up the Australian response.
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- An Army of InfluenceEighty Years of Regional Engagement, pp. 93 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021