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Chapter 3 - Defence Attaché in Indonesia

Lessons from 20 years ago

from Part 1 - The concept of an army’s influence abroad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

By
Ken Brownrigg
Edited by
Craig Stockings  and
Peter Dennis
Craig Stockings
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Peter Dennis
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
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Summary

If I ever had the idea that as a defence attaché I would spend my time attending parades and playing golf during the day and going to cocktail parties at night, it didn’t last for very long.

‘Buy some shoes that you can run in.’ That was the first piece of advice I received from the guy I was taking over from in Jakarta towards the end of 1998. Having been Australia’s Army Attaché at the Australian Embassy for the previous two years, and now as a veteran of the Jakarta riots, he knew what he was talking about.

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Australian ArmyArmy HistoryAustralian Army HistoryRegional EngagementIndonesiaAttaché
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An Army of Influence
Eighty Years of Regional Engagement
 , pp. 52 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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