| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 105.5

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Book Review

Oceania and the Pacific Islands

Glenn Wahlert. The Other Enemy? Australian Soldiers and the Military Police. (The Australian Army History Series.) New York: Oxford University Press. 1999. Pp. viii, 208. $35.00.

One important theme in Australian historiography relates to the nature of the Australian soldier. Was he a larrikin who despised authority? Can it be argued that he was a more accomplished and disciplined soldier than his British or European counterparts? Or did he have a lust for killing like other soldiers during the wars of the twentieth century? 1

Glenn Wahlert addresses some of these questions through an erudite examination of the relationship between Australian soldiers and the military police during the two world wars. In foregrounding the activities of the police, Wahlert not only sheds light on its unknown role but also significantly advances the work of earlier historians in challenging the one-dimensional image of the Australian soldier. In doing so, the author convincingly draws a direct connection between the level of discipline of the soldiers and their attitude toward the military police. . . .

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