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CONTRIBUTORS
Barry Smith was conscripted into the Army in 1965, then commissioned from the
Officer Training Unit, Scheyville, as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966. He served in South
Vietnam as a Liaison Officer in the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit in 1969-70, then
worked in the Australian Public Service from 1970-2000. He was with the Department
of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs from 1981, holding such positions as the
Regional Director for the ACT and Southern NSW and Counsellor (Immigration) at
the Australian High Commission in London. In 1992 he was awarded an Australia Day
Achievement Medallion for work with boat people arriving in the north and northwest
of Australia.
Roger Spiller is the George C. Marshall Professor of Military History at the US Army
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After service in the
United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965, he attended Southwest Texas State University
(BA 1969, MA 1971) and Louisiana State University (PhD 1978). He was a founding
members of the Combat Studies Institute and served as its Director from 1988 to 1992.
Dr Spiller has written and lectured widely on the history of war before national and
international academic, governmental and private audiences. His most recent work is
entitled, Sharp Corners: Urban Operations at Century’s End, published this year by the
US Army CGSC Press. He is completing his first work of fiction, entitled In War Time,
which will be published by Random House. Since 1991, he has served as a contributing
editor to American Heritage magazine, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Society for Military History since 1998.
Clive Williams served with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from January
1965 to July 1966. In 1998, he was awarded the Medal for Gallantry for an action with
his platoon in November 1965. After leaving the Army in 1981 he pursued a civilian
career in Defence Intelligence until 2001. He is now a member of the Strategic and
Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, where he is Director of
Terrorism Studies, specialising in terrorism and politically motivated violence.
Major General Rob Williams was educated at Nelson College, Royal Military College,
Duntroon, Royal Military College of Science (UK), Staff College Camberley (UK), Joint
Services Staff College, Canberra, and the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK. He
served in the New Zealand Army from 1948 to 1984, serving as Chief of General Staff
between 1981-84. Since retiring from the Army he has held several positions, including
Chairman of Operation ‘Raleigh’ NZ, Chief executive of the Order of St John NZ and
Chief executive of the Auckland Division of the Cancer Society. He was awarded an
MBe for services as a Brigade Major, 28 Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group and
a CB for Services as Chief of General Staff.
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