Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables and diagrams
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Regimental soldiering
- Chapter 2 Balikpapan, 1945
- Chapter 3 ‘He could fill any appointment with distinction’
- Chapter 4 The challenges of senior rank
- Chapter 5 Chief of the General Staff
- Chapter 6 Daly, the army and the war in Vietnam, 1966–71
- Chapter 7 The civic action crisis, 1971
- Chapter 8 Epilogue
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- References
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables and diagrams
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Regimental soldiering
- Chapter 2 Balikpapan, 1945
- Chapter 3 ‘He could fill any appointment with distinction’
- Chapter 4 The challenges of senior rank
- Chapter 5 Chief of the General Staff
- Chapter 6 Daly, the army and the war in Vietnam, 1966–71
- Chapter 7 The civic action crisis, 1971
- Chapter 8 Epilogue
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- A Soldier's SoldierA Biography of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly, pp. 208 - 235Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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Betty-Ann Daly, email to author, 10 January 2012. The house on Empire Circuit has changed hands only twice since Daly built it (Canberra Times, 5 November 2004)