To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966 (The Official History of Aust... Book

	List of tables, diagrams, sketches and charts
	List of maps
	Preface
	Note on sources
	Photograph and illustration credits
	Abbreviations
	Chronology
Pt. 1	Forward Defence
1	New army, new strategy, 1950-1964	3
2	The advisers' war, 1962-1965	30
Pt. 2	The Battalion
3	'The only way': The introduction of ground troops, 1964-1965	53
4	1RAR: Initial operations, May-June 1965	80
5	Developing a modus operandi, June-September 1965	105
6	Extending the role, July-October 1965	117
7	Maintaining the momentum, October 1965-May 1966	140
Pt. 3	The Task Force
8	An independent task force, May 1965-March 1966	177
9	Preparing the task force, March-May 1966	191
10	Phuoc Tuy: the province and the problem	208
11	Establishing the base, April-June 1966	230
12	Extending the controlled area, July 1966	259
13	The pressure increases, mid-July to mid-August 1966	285
Pt. 4	The Battle of Long Tan
14	The enemy responds: The battle of Long Tan, 17-18 August 1966	305
15	'A very close thing indeed': Long Tan concludes, 18-21 August 1966	330
16	Reflections on Long Tan	358
Pt. 5	The First Phase Ends
17	Consolidation, August-December 1966	379
18	A review	411
	App. A Summary of operations, 1965-1966 by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Retd)	437
	App. B Australian headquarters and units allocated for service in Vietnam to 31 December 1966	454
	App. C Documents	457
	App. D Australian Army decorations and battle honours in the Vietnam War, 1962-1966	472
	App. E Roll of honour, 1962-1966	477
	App. F Statistics	480
	App. G Glossary	484
	Endnotes	487
	Bibliography	574
	Index	585