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100		1	_aEVANS Michael
245		0	_aDeveloping Australia's maritime concept of strategy: _blessons from the Ambon disaster of 1942
260			_aDuntroon ACT, Australia: _bLand Warfare Studies Centre, _c2000
300			_a100p.
520			_a"This study uses a historical case study of the Ambon disaster of 1942 to try to determine lessons for the development of Australia's maritime concept of strategy in the early 21st century. The paper examines how, in 1941-42, Australia embarked on the strategy of a forward observation-line, using troops to secure bases for air forces in the northern archipelagos. The failure of this strategy is viewed through the lens of the Ambon disaster of February 1942"
650			_aMARITIME _zAUSTRALIA
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