Jeffrey Grey is Professor and founding director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

• Preface; 1. Regimental soldiering; 2. Balikpapan 1945; 3. 'He could fill any appointment with distinction'; 4. The challenges of senior rank; 5. Chief of the General Staff; 6. Daly, the Army, and the war in Vietnam 1966–71; 7. The 'Civic Action Crisis' 1971; 8. Epilogue.

Jeffrey Grey is Professor and founding director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

• Preface; 1. Regimental soldiering; 2. Balikpapan 1945; 3. 'He could fill any appointment with distinction'; 4. The challenges of senior rank; 5. Chief of the General Staff; 6. Daly, the Army, and the war in Vietnam 1966–71; 7. The 'Civic Action Crisis' 1971; 8. Epilogue.

Jeffrey Grey is Professor and founding director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

• Preface; 1. Regimental soldiering; 2. Balikpapan 1945; 3. 'He could fill any appointment with distinction'; 4. The challenges of senior rank; 5. Chief of the General Staff; 6. Daly, the Army, and the war in Vietnam 1966–71; 7. The 'Civic Action Crisis' 1971; 8. Epilogue.