Author talk: Major General Roger Noble

Join us for our author talks series in the AWM theatre, bringing together some of Australia’s leading voices to talk about their new books.

When: Wednesday, 22 July

Where: Theatre, Australian War Memorial

Time: 12:30 pm (doors open 12:10 pm)

Warning: This presentation will include subject matter which some attendees may find distressing. Visitor discretion is advised.

Join Major General Roger Noble to discuss his new book My Long War: Leadership and lessons from a quarter century of coalition warfare, sharing his experience of more than a quarter of a century at the centre of Australia’s contribution to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor.

This event is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the most operationally experienced Australian military officers of his generation as he reflects on the realities of war: violence, danger, death and injury, victory and defeat, civilian casualties, war crimes, leadership, the nature of war and the challenge for Australia.

Meet the author

Major General Roger Noble is one of the most operationally experienced Australian military officers of his generation. As a 26-year-old captain, he helped destroy chemical weapons inside Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Two decades later, he served as Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Land Force during the liberation of Mosul from ISIS in 2016.

Across six operational deployments, he held senior leadership roles in peacekeeping and combat missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. His career spans the full spectrum of modern Coalition warfare, from frontline command to multinational campaign leadership.

With more than twenty-five years of engagement in the Middle East, and senior military and diplomatic appointments across the Indo-Pacific, Europe and North America, Noble has worked at the intersection of operations, strategy and international policy. As Australia’s Counter Terrorism Ambassador, he played a central role in the global effort to counter violent extremism.