About the Author

Peter Edwards is the award-winning author of several books on Australia’s defence and foreign policies, policy-making and policy-makers. He was Official Historian and general editor of the nine-volume Official History of Australia’s Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975, including Australia and the Vietnam War. He is author of the acclaimed biography of the influential public servant Sir Arthur Tange, Last of the Mandarins. He is a Member of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and a former trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.