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Biographies of the first 24 officers who led the Australian Navy in war and peace, from the First World War to the First Gulf War.
When Australia became a nation, its small navy was the most important line of defence for the whole continent. It was also a unit of the Royal Navy, and an arm of the British Empire.
Through these studies of the first 24 officers to command the Royal Australian Navy, The Navy Chiefs explores how the culture of the Royal Navy shaped the Australian navy and its leaders in the early decades, and how a distinctive Australian naval culture developed as the RAN became thoroughly integrated into national defence, industry, trade and diplomacy.
This is an account of leadership in war and peace. Each navy chief faced problems that were direct and immediate, as well as challenges that were ambiguous and distant. Decisions made by one leader would continue to impact on his successor and the navy for years to come.
Assessing Australia's naval leadership in the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, Malayan Emergency, Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation and the Vietnam War, The Navy Chiefs takes into account the personal strengths and frailties of each leader. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand leadership in defence, and Australian naval history.
When Australia became a nation, its small navy was the most important line of defence for the whole continent. It was also a unit of the Royal Navy, and an arm of the British Empire.
Through these studies of the first 24 officers to command the Royal Australian Navy, The Navy Chiefs explores how the culture of the Royal Navy shaped the Australian navy and its leaders in the early decades, and how a distinctive Australian naval culture developed as the RAN became thoroughly integrated into national defence, industry, trade and diplomacy.
This is an account of leadership in war and peace. Each navy chief faced problems that were direct and immediate, as well as challenges that were ambiguous and distant. Decisions made by one leader would continue to impact on his successor and the navy for years to come.
Assessing Australia's naval leadership in the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, Malayan Emergency, Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation and the Vietnam War, The Navy Chiefs takes into account the personal strengths and frailties of each leader. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand leadership in defence, and Australian naval history.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- EDITORS AND AUTHORS
- ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES
- FOREWORD
- EDITOR’S NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- DEDICATION
- INTRODUCTION: NAVAL POLITICIANS OR GENTLEMANLY TECHNOCRATS?
- 1 REAR ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM CRESWELL, 1911–19
- 2 REAR ADMIRAL SIR E. PERCY GRANT, 1919–21
- 3 VICE ADMIRAL SIR ALLAN EVERETT, 1921–24
- 4 REAR ADMIRAL PERCIVAL HALL-THOMPSON, 1924–26
- 5 REAR ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM NAPIER, 1926–29
- 6 VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM KERR, 1929–31
- 7 ADMIRAL SIR G. FRANCIS HYDE, 1931–37
- 8 ADMIRAL SIR RAGNAR COLVIN, 1937–41
- 9 ADMIRAL SIR GUY ROYLE, 1941–45
- 10 ADMIRAL SIR LOUIS HAMILTON, 1945–48
- 11 VICE ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS, 1948–55
- 12 VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROY DOWLING, 1955–59
- 13 VICE ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BURRELL, 1959–62
- 14 VICE ADMIRAL SIR W. HASTINGS HARRINGTON, 1962–65
- 15 VICE ADMIRAL SIR ALAN MCNICOLL, 1965–68
- 16 VICE ADMIRAL SIR VICTOR SMITH, 1968–70
- 17 VICE ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD PEEK, 1970–73
- 18 VICE ADMIRAL SIR H. DAVID STEVENSON, 1973–76
- 19 VICE ADMIRAL SIR ANTHONY SYNNOT, 1976–79
- 20 VICE ADMIRAL SIR G. JAMES WILLIS, 1979–82
- 21 VICE ADMIRAL DAVID LEACH, 1982–85
- 22 ADMIRAL MICHAEL HUDSON, 1985–91
- 23 VICE ADMIRAL IAN MACDOUGALL, 1991–94
- 24 VICE ADMIRAL RODNEY TAYLOR, 1994–97
- 25 REFLECTIONS ON THE CHIEFS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL STAFF
- NOTES
- INDEX