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Not Stated : Self published, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing he book covers the onset of Indonesian confrontation against Malaysia in 1961 and the subsequent military reaction by the Security Forces (British Commonwealth) under the command of Far Eastern Command until 1966. Themes covered are the importance of intelligence, air and naval forces and the deployment of British and Gurkha infantry and later Australian artillery and infantry to stop insurgency war spreading to Kalimantan, Sabah and Brunei and Malaya/Singapore. The main theme covers the role of artillery (field and locating branches) in supporting infantry patrols and guarding borders with Indonesia. B & W photos and map illustrations

Sydney, Manly: Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company, 2008. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, maps, diagrams, frontispiece, black & white photo front endpaper, map rear endpaper, few tiny bumps fore-edge. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 184 pp. Alan Smith records the story of the Confrontation of Indonesia with Malaysia in Borneo in the 1960s. The author has given an artillery perspective to operations that were mainly infantry, artillery and tactical air deployment of persons and supplies. The book covers command and control from General to gunner, the nuts and bolts of operations, aspects of Security Forces modus operandum from an intelligence, tactical, logistic and administrative point of view, including the involvement of other essential services, from cartographers to sailors and airmen, and other resources, human and material, needed in war time. The book… Read More

Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company, 2008. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Hardcover. 1st Edition. Minimal general wear to boards plus minor bump to bottom corners. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 184pp.