Ted Serong: The Life of An Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert

by Anne E. Blair

Ted Serong was one of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare. Yet the extent of his achievements is little known in the country of his birth. This major new biography by Anne Blair explores the fascinating career of the Australian Army's most mysterious commander.

238 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2004