Strategy and Command

David Horner is one of Australia's leading historians and is based at the Australian National University. He was Professor of Australian Defence History at the university for fifteen years and is considered Australia's premier military historian with an international reputation for military history and strategic analysis.

• 1. The Influence of the Boer War on Australia's First World War Commanders; 2. Preparing for War, 1901–1914; 3. The AIF's Commanders: Learning on the Job; 4. Strategic Planning Between the Wars; 5. Identifying the Threat from Japan in 1941; 6. 1942–A Pivotal Year in Australian History; 7. Australia and Coalition Warfare in the Second World War; 8. Deciding Australian War Strategy in 1943: The Roles of MacArthur and Curtin; 9. Advancing National Interests: Australia's War Strategy, 1944-45; 10. Higher Command in the Korean War: The Experience of Brigadier John Wilton; 11. Higher Direction of the Army in the Vietnam War; 12. The 1991 Gulf War: Its Place in Australian History; 13. Deploying and Sustaining INTERFET in East Timor in 1999; 14. Developing a Command Structure for Joint Operations.