One of the fun things about this novel has been the research.
I know own a half dozen books about the Australian military and I must say, I'm impressed. Australia, as former Prime Minister John Howard used to say, is in a rough neighborhood. It also had and has several defense commitments.
During the Cold War Australian forces participated in all of Britain's actions in Asia and contributed units to the Vietnam War. Of course since 9/11, when John Howard again said, 'This is no time to be an 80 percent ally,' Australia has sent contributions to Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 1990 the Royal Australian Navy boasted twenty or so modern surface warships, two squadrons of F-18 Hornets, two squadrons of F-111 Aardvarks and the cadre to create three to four army divisions including a mechanized and an armored brigade.
This is a nation that takes its defence commitments seriously.
You'll love what they do in ANZACs.
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