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  • Chapter 12 - The Gulf War, 1991

  • David Horner, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book:
    Strategy and Command
    Published online:
    08 October 2021
    Print publication:
    15 October 2021, pp 221-236

  • Summary

    After Australian military forces withdrew from Vietnam in 1972, it seemed that Australian forces would never again serve overseas on warlike operations unless the nation was under direct threat. Yet just nineteen years later the Australian Government committed forces across the globe to the Gulf War. Why did the Australian Government decide to make this commitment, and what impact did it have on future Australian military operations? The issue of strategy and command continued to be paramount.