Australia and the Vietnam War by Edwards, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Chronology 1. Decolonisation and The Cold War in Southeast Asia 1945–50

The decolonisation of Southeast Asia The Cold War

2. Australia and Southeast Asia 1945–53

The Chifley government’s foreign and defence policies The Chifley government, the Indonesian Revolution and the Malayan Emergency The Menzies government and Australian conservatism Menzies and Spender The Menzies government and Indochina The Menzies government and the Malayan Emergency The RAAF in Malaya Australia and the Korean War Australia and the First Indochina War

3. Australia and Southeast Asia 1954–60

The ‘united action’ crisis The Geneva Conference The creation of SEATO The Strategic Reserve and the commitment of troops to Malaya 1955 Australian troops and the Emergency 1955–60 Australia and Vietnam 1955–60 Australia, Indonesia and West New Guinea

4. The Crises of the Early 1960S

The Laos crises 1959–61 Commitments to Thailand and Vietnam 1962 Confrontation 1963 Defence review 1963 The commitment to the defence of Malaysia The end of Diem, November 1963 Two conflicts, two allies

5. Commitments to Confrontation and Vietnam 1965

The two crises deepen The commitment of a battalion to Confrontation The commitment of a battalion to Vietnam The announcement and parliamentary reaction Reactions at home and abroad Operations in Confrontation 1RAR at Bien Hoa The Malaysia–Singapore split and the commitment of a battalion group The Indonesian coup and its impact on Australian policy

6. The Task Force and the Election 1966

A new Prime Minister Operations in Borneo The long election campaign The establishment of the task force in Phuoc Tuy The battle of Long Tan Relations with allies and enemies ‘All the way with LBJ’ The commitment confirmed and increased

7. Escalation of the Commitment, Escalation of Controversy 1967

The escalation of dissent The war of attrition British withdrawal, American pressure The new task force commander The minefield The third battalion ANZAC in Vietnam The task force and its third commander The commitment of three services Death of a Prime Minister

8. The Turning-Point 1968–69

The revolutions of 1968 The Tet offensive and its impact A missed opportunity? Another new Prime Minister Gorton on foreign and defence policies Australian protest The task force 1968–69 RAN and RAAF commitments 1968–69 The 1969 election

9. Social Dissent, Political Division and Military Withdrawal 1969–72

The first Australian withdrawal The first Moratorium Task force operations 1969–70 The second withdrawal, the civic action crisis and a new Prime Minister The Pentagon Papers Operating under a withdrawal 1971–72 Increasing the advisory role 1971–72 The withdrawal of RAN and RAAF forces The Easter offensive

10. The Whitlam Government and the End of the Vietnam War 1972–75

11. Lessons, Legacies and Legends

Defence and strategic policy Dominoes Operational methods Conscription The veterans’ experience Some final reflections

Appendices

1 Australian Army deployment in Vietnam 1962–73 2 Australian chain of command and battalion deployment in Vietnam 1962–73 3 Persons named

Notes Further Reading Index