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Tiger Territory the Untold Story of the Royal Australian Navy from 1948 to 1971.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sydney : Rosenberg Pub., (c)2008.Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781922013187
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DU112 .T544 2008
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Contents:
Subject: Between 1948 and 1971 ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. In this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with Southeast Asia and its concept of?forward defence?. While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and Singapore now enjoy. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this und.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction DU112.4 .44 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn818819085

Includes bibliographies and index.

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Decade of Post-War Planning; 2. The Malayan Emergency; 3. The Calm Before the Storm; 4. A Malayan/Malaysian Navy; 5. Indonesian Confrontation; 6. The British Withdraw; 7. The Veterans' Struggle for Recognition; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index.

Between 1948 and 1971 ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. In this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with Southeast Asia and its concept of?forward defence?. While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and Singapore now enjoy. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this und.

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