Opening remarks / John Sanderson -- In the shadow of the dragon : Doctrine and the US Army after Vietnam / Roger J. Spiller -- The urgency of war : The development of close air support doctrine in the Second World War / Russell J. Parkin -- A higher plane : Land/air operations in the South West Pacific 1942-1945 / Nicola Baker -- The Korean War 1950-1953 : Land/air aspects / John Mordike -- The Australian experience of land/air operations : Vietnam / Chris Coulthard-Clark -- The odd couple : Army/Air Force relations /Alan Stephens -- A land forces' technological perspective for the future / Mike Howard -- Doctrine and command in the land/air battle / Peter J. Cosgrove -- The third dimension in land force operations : The present and the future from an Australian perspective / Peter Simpson.