Handbook

This course provides students an introduction to the theories and guiding principles of national military power and the application of armed force via joint warfare approaches. It develops a student’s understanding of the relationship between national defence policy and national military strategy and how this translates into national military power. To do so it explores the relationship between the government and the military, the legislature which authorises, commands, controls, and administers the use of force and the interplay between policy, strategy and joint capabilities such as intelligence, logistics, health, personnel and operations within the context of Australia’s national security. It examines the theory and application of Joint Warfare through the lens of the Australian Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force. This is achieved by exploring the various ways that national military power is applied in sea, land, air, space and cyber domains across peace, crises, competition and conflict.