In 2004, the then Chief of Army’s Strategic Advisory Group comprising the Army’s senior generals, established a scheme to promote the study and understanding of military history within the Army. The focus was the Army’s future generation of leaders and, from this, the Campaign Series was created. The series is intended to complement the Army’s other history publications which produce academically rigorous and referenced analytical works.
The Campaign Series focuses on leadership, command, strategy, tactics, lessons and personal experiences of war. Each title within the series includes extensive visual sources of information — maps, including specifically prepared maps in colour and 3D, specifically commissioned artwork, photographs and computer graphics.
The Campaign Series covers both well-known campaigns and battles and those that are less familiar. The Army History Unit envisages this series as making a significant contribution to the history of the Australian Army and providing a comprehensive introduction to the campaigns and battles in which the Army has fought.
Dr Roger Lee, Army Historian