The last knight : a biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO / Robert Lowry.

Collection type	Library
Author	Lowry, Robert.;
Call Number	355.331092 L921
Document type	Monograph
Year	2011.
Pagination	v, 409 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Big Sky Publishing,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index. General Sir Phillip Bennet is a good example of what makes a great leader. As a young officer, he survived the perilous first year of the Korean War and the rigours of the battalion command in South Vietnam, to rise through a series of senior command posts to the top as Chief of the Australian Defence Force. He was the last knight to command the Australian Defence Force. Bennett's story is a story of the contest for 'policy dominance' between the civil servants and the military leadership illustrating wha t was involved in forging the foundations of the Australian Defence Force we have today.
Place made	Newport, N.S.W. :

Abstract

1. The making of a leader -- 2. To Japan and the Korean War -- 3. Through the rip and back -- 4. Battalion Commander - South Vietnam -- 5. Onward to Commander 1st Division -- 6. Preparation for High Command - assistant Chief of Defence Force staff -- 7. C onsolidating the army - Chief of the General Staff -- 8. Command of the Australian Defence Force -- 9. Future wars -- 10. The limits of power -- 11. Governor of Tasmania.