Australia

In 1860 four Australian regiments were raised to fight in New Zealand - the first Australian volunteers to serve in a foreign war. Since then Australian troops have served in conflicts ranging from the Boer War (1899-1902), the First World War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45) to the post-war era in Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Afganistan and Iraq.

This book explains Australia's involvement in foreign wars and tells the story of the military in Australia from 1788, when British Marines landed with Governor Phillip, to the role played by the highly specialised army units of today's Australian Defence Force.