Table of Contents

List of tables, diagrams, sketches and charts

List of maps

Preface

Note on sources

Photograph and illustration credits

Abbreviations

Chronology

PART ONE

FORWARD DEFENCE

1 New army, new strategy, 1950-1964

2 The advisers' war, 1962-1965

PART TWO

THE BATTALION

3 'The only way': The introduction of ground troops, 1964-1965

4 IRAR: Initial operations, May-June 1965

5 Developing a modus operandi, June-September 1965

6 Extending the role, July-October 1965

7 Maintaining the momentum, October 1965-May 1966

PART THREE

THE TASK FORCE

8 An independent task force, May 1965-March 1966

9 Preparing the task force, March-May 1966

10 Phuoc Tuy: the province and the problem

11 Establishing the base, April-June 1966

12 Extending the controlled area, July 1966

13 The pressure increases, mid-July to mid-August 1966

About the Author

Ian McNeill is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, the Australian Staff College, the University of New England and the Australian National University. As an infantry officer he served in Korea, Singapore and Vietnam with the Australian Army Training Team. In 1972 he joined the military history section of Army Office. His work there, among other things, produced The Team: Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972.