List of tables, diagrams, sketches and charts
List of maps
Preface
Note on sources
Photograph and illustration credits
Abbreviations
Chronology
PART ONE
FORWARD DEFENCE
1 New army, new strategy, 1950-1964
2 The advisers' war, 1962-1965
PART TWO
THE BATTALION
3 'The only way': The introduction of ground troops, 1964-1965
4 IRAR: Initial operations, May-June 1965
5 Developing a modus operandi, June-September 1965
6 Extending the role, July-October 1965
7 Maintaining the momentum, October 1965-May 1966
PART THREE
THE TASK FORCE
8 An independent task force, May 1965-March 1966
9 Preparing the task force, March-May 1966
10 Phuoc Tuy: the province and the problem
11 Establishing the base, April-June 1966
12 Extending the controlled area, July 1966
13 The pressure increases, mid-July to mid-August 1966
Ian McNeill is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, the Australian Staff College, the University of New England and the Australian National University. As an infantry officer he served in Korea, Singapore and Vietnam with the Australian Army Training Team. In 1972 he joined the military history section of Army Office. His work there, among other things, produced The Team: Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972.
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