The Army in Papua New Guinea by Robert J. O’Neill

The Army in Papua New Guinea

Current Role and Implications for Independence

by Robert J. O’Neill

(Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 10)

Australian National University Press, 1971, ISBN 070810536X, staple-bound paperback booklet

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, minor creasing to corners on cover (see photographs)

“With the possibility, in July 1970, of having to use force against rioting civilians – land squatters near Rabaul – the Australian Army in New Guinea entered a new era in which its activities are bound to be the subject of close scrutiny as the country moves towards independence.  After filling in the historical background of the Pacific Islands Regiment, Dr O’Neill sets out to examine the present role of the Army in Papua New Guinea: defence against external attack, maintenance of law and order, training of loyal, non-political soldiers, and the civic action program.”