This book although focused on Australia, is not just about Australia. Because the Australian Defence Force is small but operating in many ways the most modern Air Force in the democratic world, they have focused on force integration as a key necessity to achieve the desired combat effect. Because Australia's allies now realize that they too need to follow this path, the Aussies have been at the cutting edge of thinking about the changes the military forces of the liberal democracies must make. This is why this book although about Australia, is really about shaping a way ahead for the liberal democratic military forces. Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Blackburn: "We want to learn from the US, follow it closely, but actually take a step which is hard for the U.S. to do because of its size, and that's truly joint by design." Book jacket.