Australian Army Journal

AAJ - Volume VI, Number 3, Summer 2009

Editorial

Introduction

The Adaptive Army Initiative
Lieutenant General K J Gillespie

Australian Army Perpectives
Measuring Success and Failure in an ‘Adaptive' Army
Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan

Adaptive Campaigning and the Need to Empower our Junior Leaders to Deliver the ‘I'm an Australian Soldier' Initiative: A Continuing Challenge for the Commander and the RSM
Warrant Officer Class One David Ashley

OODA Versus ASDA: Metaphors at War
Justin Kelly and Mike Brennan

‘Fixed, Determined, Inviolable' Military Organisational Culture and Adaptation
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Winter

Science of Adaptation

The Foundation for an Adaptive Approach: Insights from the Science of Complex Systems
Alex Ryan

Doctrine

Solving Twenty-First Century Problems with Cold War Metaphors: Reconciling the Army's Future Land Operating Concept with Doctrine
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Smith

Adapt or Die: Operational Design and Adaptation
Lieutenant Colonel Trent Scott

Allied Perspectives

Learning to Leverage New Media: The Israeli Defence Forces in Recent Conflicts
Lieutenant General William B Caldwell IV, US Army;Mr Dennis M Murphy; and Mr Anton Menning

Tactical Generals: Leaders, Technology, and the Perils of Battlefield Micromanagement
Dr P W Singer

‘Smug and Complacent?' Operation TELIC: the need for critical analysis
Dr Daniel Marston

Challenges

How Stupid Are We?
Lieutenant Colonel Richard King

Book Reviews

Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War by Hugo Slim
Reviewed by Dr Narelle Biedermann

The Proud 6th: An illustrated history of the 6th Australian Division, 1939-45 by Mark Johnston
Reviewed by Phil Bradley

Chemical Warfare in Australia: Australia's Involvement in Chemical Warfare 1914-1945 by Geoff Plunkett
Reviewed by John Donovan

Forgotten ANZACS: The Campaign in Greece, 1941 by Peter Ewer
Reviewed by Glyn Harper

Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War by Garth Pratten
Reviewed by Craig Stockings

Bad Strategies: How Major Powers Fail in Counterinsurgency by James S Corum
Reviewed by Campbell Micallef

CHAUVEL PRIZE

TITLES TO NOTE

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS