Wartime 104 - Spring 2023

Fighting Other People's Wars

Featured articles:

• Australians in the Spanish Civil War by Duncan Beard. The war that seemed like a dress rehearsal attracted idealists from around the world to a doomed campaign.
• Looking back at Vietnam by Ashley Ekins. The war was seen initially as a defence of Australia's national interest.
• Echoes of INTERFET by Craig Stockings. Lack of preparedness and clear command in Australia's East Timor deployment could have been disastrous.
• Finishing the job by Lewis Frederickson. The Australian return to Afghanistan in 2005 was difficult, but it produced lessons that need to be learned.
• Service as citizenship by Rachel Caines. After the First World War, Indigenous soldiers struggled to gain rights and recognition as Australian citizens.
• A long road to acceptance by Noah Riseman. The struggle for the recognition of diverse sexualities and genders in the ADF took many years.
• Out in the cold by Hannah Max Billington. Australians in the Empire Air Training Scheme trained in Canada before serving as fliers over Europe.
• Exploring East Timor by David Sutton. The official history of Australia's role in the East Timor crisis: the lead-up, the events and the lessons learned.
• Plus regular features including Reflections, Collection Insights, In the Picture, Spinning the reels, Behind the Scenes, book reviews and Last Post.

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