Table of Contents

Introduction and chronology * Background to War * Warning sides * The outbreak * The fighting * Portrait of a soldier * The world around war * Portrait of a civilian * How the war ended * Conclusion and consequences

About the Author

David Horner is the professor of Australian defence history at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who served as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam, Colonel Horner is the author of over twenty books on military history and defence, including High Command (1982) and Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief (1998).