Book contents
- The Commander’s Eyes and Ears
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- Acknowledgement of Country
- The Commander’s Eyes and Ears
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Figures, Maps and Tables
- Map Legend
- Note on Style and Sources
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Repatriation and War Crimes
- Chapter 2 Intelligence Support to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan
- Chapter 3 Gonorrhoea, Diarrhoea and Korea: The Korean War (1950–1953)
- Chapter 4 Intelligence in Counterinsurgency in Malaya
- Chapter 5 Konfrontasi: The Indonesian Confrontation in Borneo
- Chapter 6 Establishing the 1st Australian Task Force Intelligence System
- Chapter 7 Long Tan: A Failure of Intelligence?
- Chapter 8 The Battles of Coral–Balmoral (12 May – 6 June 1968) and Binh Ba (6–8 June 1969)
- Chapter 9 ‘One of the lowest points in the war’: The Water Torture Incident
- Chapter 10 Attacking the Viet Cong Infrastructure (or How to take a well-defined order and an effective operation plan and successfully botch both miserably)
- Chapter 11 Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs and Early Adoption of Innovative Technologies
- Chapter 12 Working with Allies
- Chapter 13 ‘Vietnam fucked me up!’ The Aftermath
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Intelligence Support to Army Units and Formations (August – September 1945)
- Definitions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- References
Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2026
Book contents
- The Commander’s Eyes and Ears
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- Acknowledgement of Country
- The Commander’s Eyes and Ears
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Figures, Maps and Tables
- Map Legend
- Note on Style and Sources
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Repatriation and War Crimes
- Chapter 2 Intelligence Support to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan
- Chapter 3 Gonorrhoea, Diarrhoea and Korea: The Korean War (1950–1953)
- Chapter 4 Intelligence in Counterinsurgency in Malaya
- Chapter 5 Konfrontasi: The Indonesian Confrontation in Borneo
- Chapter 6 Establishing the 1st Australian Task Force Intelligence System
- Chapter 7 Long Tan: A Failure of Intelligence?
- Chapter 8 The Battles of Coral–Balmoral (12 May – 6 June 1968) and Binh Ba (6–8 June 1969)
- Chapter 9 ‘One of the lowest points in the war’: The Water Torture Incident
- Chapter 10 Attacking the Viet Cong Infrastructure (or How to take a well-defined order and an effective operation plan and successfully botch both miserably)
- Chapter 11 Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs and Early Adoption of Innovative Technologies
- Chapter 12 Working with Allies
- Chapter 13 ‘Vietnam fucked me up!’ The Aftermath
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Intelligence Support to Army Units and Formations (August – September 1945)
- Definitions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- References
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- The Commander's Eyes and EarsAustralian Army Combat Intelligence in the Cold War, 1945–1975, pp. 356Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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