Book contents
- An Army of Influence
- Acknowledgement of Country
- An Army of Influence
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1 The concept of an army’s influence abroad
- Chapter 1 Eighty years of regional engagement
- Chapter 2 The Australian Army through the lens of Australian defence white papers since 1976
- Chapter 3 Defence Attaché in Indonesia
- Part 2 Lessons from past relationships
- Part 3 Ongoing relationships
- Index
Chapter 3 - Defence Attaché in Indonesia
Lessons from 20 years ago
from Part 1 - The concept of an army’s influence abroad
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2021
- An Army of Influence
- Acknowledgement of Country
- An Army of Influence
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Figures, maps and tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1 The concept of an army’s influence abroad
- Chapter 1 Eighty years of regional engagement
- Chapter 2 The Australian Army through the lens of Australian defence white papers since 1976
- Chapter 3 Defence Attaché in Indonesia
- Part 2 Lessons from past relationships
- Part 3 Ongoing relationships
- Index
Summary
If I ever had the idea that as a defence attaché I would spend my time attending parades and playing golf during the day and going to cocktail parties at night, it didn’t last for very long.
‘Buy some shoes that you can run in.’ That was the first piece of advice I received from the guy I was taking over from in Jakarta towards the end of 1998. Having been Australia’s Army Attaché at the Australian Embassy for the previous two years, and now as a veteran of the Jakarta riots, he knew what he was talking about.
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- An Army of InfluenceEighty Years of Regional Engagement, pp. 52 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021