The Torch and the Sword: A history of the army cadet movement in Australia
UNSW Press, $49.95 hb, 311 pp
Military History
The Torch and the Sword: A history of the army cadet movement in Australia by Craig A.J. Stockings
by Gillian Dooley •
The Torch and the Sword began life as Craig Stockings’s PhD thesis, and shows its origins on every page. He presents a hypothesis and refers to it often as he proceeds systematically through a chronological and thematic exposition of his subject.
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