Craig Stockings

The South African War – or Boer War – running from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902, was the largest British military effort since the Napoleonic Wars. It was also the first time that large-scale, meaningful contributions were made to an active theatre of war by the self-governing colonies. This included formal contributions of around 20,000 troops from the...

The first volume in the landmark Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor, Born of Fire and Ash is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999–2000 East Timor crisis and Australia's response to it. Australia's involvement in East Timor from 1999 to 2000 was this nation's largest mission conducted under United Nations auspices, the...