Book contents
- Strategy and Command
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- Acknowledgement of Country
- Strategy and Command
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The influence of the Boer War on Australia’s First World War commanders
- Chapter 2 Preparing for war, 1901–14
- Chapter 3 The AIF’s commanders
- Chapter 4 Strategic planning between the wars
- Chapter 5 Identifying the threat from Japan in 1941
- Chapter 6 A pivotal year in Australian history: 1942
- Chapter 7 Australia and coalition warfare in the Second World War
- Chapter 8 Deciding Australia’s war strategy in 1943
- Chapter 9 Advancing national interests
- Chapter 10 Higher command in the Korean War
- Chapter 11 Higher direction of the army in the Vietnam War
- Chapter 12 The Gulf War, 1991
- Chapter 13 Deploying and sustaining INTERFET in East Timor in 1999
- Chapter 14 Developing a command structure for joint operations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 10 - Higher command in the Korean War
The experience of Brigadier John Wilton
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2021
- Strategy and Command
- Other titles in the Australian Army History Series
- Acknowledgement of Country
- Strategy and Command
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The influence of the Boer War on Australia’s First World War commanders
- Chapter 2 Preparing for war, 1901–14
- Chapter 3 The AIF’s commanders
- Chapter 4 Strategic planning between the wars
- Chapter 5 Identifying the threat from Japan in 1941
- Chapter 6 A pivotal year in Australian history: 1942
- Chapter 7 Australia and coalition warfare in the Second World War
- Chapter 8 Deciding Australia’s war strategy in 1943
- Chapter 9 Advancing national interests
- Chapter 10 Higher command in the Korean War
- Chapter 11 Higher direction of the army in the Vietnam War
- Chapter 12 The Gulf War, 1991
- Chapter 13 Deploying and sustaining INTERFET in East Timor in 1999
- Chapter 14 Developing a command structure for joint operations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Australian higher command in the Korean War is not just a matter of esoteric interest. Rather, from the time of the First World War, higher command arrangements have been a crucial element during most of Australia’s military commitments. They have been both a means by which the Australian Government has exercised its sovereignty and an expression of the degree to which Australia has been able to have that sovereignty recognised. The command arrangements in the Korean War were to have ramifications that have continued through to the present. This chapter discusses those higher command arrangements and then focuses on Brigadier John Wilton’s command of the 28th British Commonwealth Brigade.
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- Strategy and CommandIssues in Australia's Twentieth-century Wars, pp. 178 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021