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Laddar... Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian Warav Bruce Davies, Gary McKay
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. A big book, just a few pages short of 600 but it needs to be to include the decade long history of Australia's military involvement in the Vietnam war. It covers the commitment, the Advisors, the Task Force and to a lesser extent the Airforce and Navy. What I found of great value was it includes Australia's role within a wider context. Not only is the US included but also the often forgotten South Vietnamese. It sheds new light on the Battle of Long Tan by including details on a South Vietnamese action in 1964 and the ambush of a US company, both in the same area. It also includes alot more detail on operations nearby at the same time as the battle. The book also includes alot on the Communist forces and what they were doing in and around Phuoc Tuy Province during the Task Forces stay there. Finally it covers the withdrawal, the final Campaigns and the aftermath of the war. Good solid history. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML: Take a journey back to the front line with two Australian veterans as they retrace the footsteps of soldiers and politicians, villagers and the enemy in a meticulously researched new history of the Vietnam War. For Australians, Vietnam remains one of most difficult - and controversial - wars we have fought. On the fiftieth anniversary of Australia's first involvement comes Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War, for anyone who wishes to understand why Australia went to war, and who wants to make sense of the intensely unrelenting warfare. For Bruce Davies and Gary McKay, the history of Vietnam - its wars, colonial domination, its search for freedom and its subsequent loss - speaks to an Australian anxiety of a very small population far away from the centre of an empire to which it was firmly committed. The rise of Japan, the War in the Pacific and the postcolonial independence of the peoples of Southeast Asia, coupled with the mercurial influence of Ho Chi Minh and the rise of communism, form the background to the commitment of Australian forces. Vietnam takes the reader to the front line, describing the experiences of soldier, politician, villager, enemy; and into the war room to unpick the military and political strategies. We see the challenges the Australians faced against not only a dogged enemy, but also those by the allies in their quest to defeat a powerful counterinsurgency. The authors' new archival research in Australia and America raises questions about the operational performance of both sides, and recently discovered documents shed new light on the enemy's tactical thinking. Meticulously researched and marked with acute critical analysis and a deep understanding of the place and the war, Vietnam shows the experience of Australian soldiers as never before. .Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)959.7043394History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia Vietnam 1949- 1961–1975 Vietnamese War Participation of countries, localities, groupsKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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