Full Description
The Commander's Eyes and Ears: Australian Army Combat Intelligence in the Cold War, 1945-75 explores the contribution made by the Australian Army's combat intelligence services to force commanders during the Cold War (1945-75), focusing primarily on the Australian Intelligence Corps. The book covers the support provided by intelligence resources to Australian and allied commanders on operations in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Through the lens of the Australian Intelligence Corps and other intelligence resources, the book pays special attention to significant events during this period, including the Japanese war crimes trials, the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian Confrontation, and the Vietnam War. Criticisms of the Army's involvement, challenges faced by soldiers, mistakes made and lessons learned in these events are explored throughout.
Contents
Introduction; 1. Repatriation and War Crimes; 2. Intelligence Support to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan; 3. Gonorrhoea, Diarrhoea and Korea: The Korean War (1950-53); 4. Intelligence in Counterinsurgency in Malaya; 5. Konfrontasi: Indonesian Confrontation in Borneo; 6. Establishing the 1st Australian Task Force Intelligence System; 7. Long Tan: A Failure of Intelligence?; 8. The Battles of Coral-Balmoral (12 May-6 June 1968) and Binh Ba (6-8 June 1969); 9. 'One of the lowest points in the war.' The Water Torture Incident; 10. Attacking the Viet Cong Infrastructure (or How to take a well-defined order and an effective operation plan and successfully botch both miserably); 11. Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs and Early Adoption of Innovative Technologies; 12. Working with Allies; 13. 'Vietnam fucked me up!' The Aftermath; Conclusion.
