The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

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The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History ( ISBN   9780195517842) is a book in the series of Oxford Companions published by Oxford University Press, its first edition dated 1995.

The second edition, published 2008, was written/edited by Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey, Ewan Morris, Robin Prior, and Jean Bou.

Reviews

A reviewer for Army magazine praised the book for its readability and scope, but found its coverage patchy — giving good coverage to some topics while ignoring others, equally worthy. He thought a companion volume on Australian military hardware was needed. [1]

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References

  1. Mike Cecil (1 March 1996). "Book Review". Army Magazine . No. 26. Australia, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.