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Tiger Territory: The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971: The Untold Story of the Royal Australian Navy from 1948 to 1971
Author(s): Ian Pfennigwerth (Author)
- Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
- Publication Date: 1 April 2008
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1877058653
- ISBN-13: 9781877058653
Book Description
From 1948 – when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia – to 1971, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. With British and New Zealand forces, they fought against insurrection and infiltration during the Malayan Emergency (1955-1960), and countered Indonesian incursions and infiltrations into Malaysia and Singapore during Confrontation (1964-1966). In the process, the RAN personnel held key positions in the Royal Malaysian Navy during its most challenging period of development and growth. During this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with Southeast Asia and its concept of ‘forward defense.’ While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for peace and prosperity in Malaysia and Singapore, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land forces, or patiently laying the foundations for regional navies to build upon. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this underappreciated achievement, and recounts their previously unpublished experiences.
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About the Author
Ian Pfennigwerth spent 35 years in the Royal Australian Navy in seagoing, staff and overseas postings, his last ten years being spent primarily in the intelligence sphere. He served as Director of Naval Intelligence for three years and was the Defence Attache in Beijing for two. Ian retired to Port Stephens NSW in 2000 where he has developed his passion for Australian naval history.
