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Chapter 5 - ‘Not rich in standing armies or immediately available resources’

Plans, realities and the Australian Regular Army’s deployment to Korea, 1950

from Part 2 - Lessons from past relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

Craig Stockings
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Peter Dennis
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
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Summary

A whirlwind of events at home and abroad forced Menzies’ hand, and he agreed to the deployment of Australian ground troops to Korea. So, in Washington, he took the opportunity to address Congress, both to justify and to talk up the Australian response.

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An Army of Influence
Eighty Years of Regional Engagement
, pp. 93 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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