Guarding the Periphery: The Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 1951-75

by Tristan Moss

Based around the Pacific Islands Regiment, the Australian Army's units in Papua New Guinea had a dual identity: integral to Australia's defence, but also part of its largest colony, and viewed as a foreign people. The Australian Army in PNG defended Australia from threats to its north and west, while also managing the force's place within Australian colonial rule in PNG, occasionally resulting in a tense relationship with the Australian colonial government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107195969
• ISBN13: 9781107195967
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"