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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Boston Publishing Company, A contagion of war, 1983
... Vietnam - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 Vietnam - History - 20th ...Photography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionPhotography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.vietnam war 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Boston Publishing Company, Nineteen sixty eight, 1983
... Vietnam - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 Vietnam - History - 20th ...Photography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionPhotography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.vietnam war 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Boston Publishing Company, Fighting for time, 1983
... Vietnam - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 Vietnam - History - 20th ...Photography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionPhotography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.vietnam war 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Special forces and missions, 1990
... Military history - 20th century... - 20th century Activities of US special forces are described ...Activities of US special forces are described.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.175.non-fictionActivities of US special forces are described.special forces - united states, military history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Janes Publishing, Jane's Fighting ships of World War I, 1990
... Warships - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Warships - History - 20th century World war 1914 ...An encyclopedic listing of World War One warships by nationIll, p.320.non-fictionAn encyclopedic listing of World War One warships by nationwarships - history - 20th century, world war 1914-1918 - naval operations -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hamlyn, Illustrated history of twentieth century conflict, 1992
... Military history - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Military history - 20th century World politics ...Chronological pictorial and textual description of 20th century conflictIndex, ill, p.400.non-fictionChronological pictorial and textual description of 20th century conflictmilitary history - 20th century, world politics - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Bracken Books, Jane's fighting ships of World War II, 1989
... Navies - History - 20th century... - 20th century Illustrated and textual history by country ...Illustrated and textual history by country of World War II fighting shipsIll, p.320.non-fictionIllustrated and textual history by country of World War II fighting shipsworld war two - naval operations, navies - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Doubleday, 1939-1945: Australia goes to war, 1984
... Australia - History - 20th century... Australia - History - 20th century Between the wars - Mediterranean ...Between the wars - Mediterranean campaign - Japanese threat - Malaya - New Guinea - Australia's role in the war - Australian armed services casualties.Index, ill, maps, p.218non-fictionBetween the wars - Mediterranean campaign - Japanese threat - Malaya - New Guinea - Australia's role in the war - Australian armed services casualties.world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, australia - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Bison Books, The history of the Middle East wars, 1991
... Middle East - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Middle East - Conflict Middle East - History - 20th ...Conflict in the Middle East from 1946 to 1991Index, ill, maps, p.189.non-fictionConflict in the Middle East from 1946 to 1991middle east - conflict, middle east - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Osprey Publishing, Balkan air wars 1991-2000, 2000
... European History - 20th century... History - 20th century Exposing the true scale and significance ...Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia. From bombing by B-2 stealth bombers to air-to-air combat; from moving ground troops by helicopter to 'food-bombing' for refugees, air power has played a vital role in ''Europe's Vietnam'', and there is little sign that the fires of conflict are being extinguished. Debate amongst air power practitioners has yielded little agreement as to the degree of damage inflicted on the Yugoslav 3rd Army in Kosovo.Ill, maps, p.63.non-fictionExposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia. From bombing by B-2 stealth bombers to air-to-air combat; from moving ground troops by helicopter to 'food-bombing' for refugees, air power has played a vital role in ''Europe's Vietnam'', and there is little sign that the fires of conflict are being extinguished. Debate amongst air power practitioners has yielded little agreement as to the degree of damage inflicted on the Yugoslav 3rd Army in Kosovo. balkan conflict - aerial operations, european history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Crescent Books, Fighting ships of World Wars One and Two, 1976
... Navies - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Naval warfare - History Navies - History - 20th ...A history of naval warfare in World war one and two.Index, ill, maps, p.251.non-fictionA history of naval warfare in World war one and two.naval warfare - history, navies - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Penguin, Hitler : a study in tyranny, 1962
... Germany - History - 20th Century... - History - 20th Century The first complete life of the German ...The first complete life of the German tyrant to be published in any language. It remains almost the only balanced and authoritative history of the Third Reich. It provides an absorbing and readable account of one of the most extraordinary careers in history.Index, bib, p.848.non-fictionThe first complete life of the German tyrant to be published in any language. It remains almost the only balanced and authoritative history of the Third Reich. It provides an absorbing and readable account of one of the most extraordinary careers in history.adolf hitler - 1889-1945 - biography, germany - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
book, BisonBooks, An illustrated history of the navies of world war two, 1976
... Navies - History - 20th century... - 20th century navies of the warring parties in the second world ...navies of the warring parties in the second world warIndex, ill, maps, p.221.non-fictionnavies of the warring parties in the second world warnaval art and science - history, navies - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Corgi Books, The sharp end of war : the fighting man in World War II, 1980
... Soldiers - History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 Soldiers - History - 20th ...A graphic description of what combat was like for the ordinary soldiers of World war TwoIndex, bib, ill, p.396.non-fictionA graphic description of what combat was like for the ordinary soldiers of World war Twoworld war 1939-1945, soldiers - history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Phoenix Paperback, Defying Hitler : a memoir, 2003
... Germany - History - 20th Century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Germany - History - 20th Century national socialism ...ebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption of power in 1933. It is a portrait of himself and his own generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his friends how that generation came to be seduced by Hitler and Nazism.Index, ill, p.259.non-fictionebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption of power in 1933. It is a portrait of himself and his own generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his friends how that generation came to be seduced by Hitler and Nazism. germany - history - 20th century, national socialism - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pan, Secret armies, 1998
... Military history - 20th century... history - 20th century This book unravels the complex workings ...This book unravels the complex workings of these deadly secret armies hidden from public scrutinyIndex, bib, ill, p.453.non-fictionThis book unravels the complex workings of these deadly secret armies hidden from public scrutinyspecial forces - operations - 20th century, military history - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, William Weir, Guerrilla warfare: Irregular warfare in the twentieth century, 2008
... Military History - 20th century...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Guerrilla warfare Military History - 20th century ...Guerrilla warfare covers a century of unconventional fighters at warIndex, ill, p.240.Guerrilla warfare covers a century of unconventional fighters at warguerrilla warfare, military history - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Shaw, Ian W, Operation Babylift, 2019
... Refugee children -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century... -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century Vietnam War 1961-1975 ...the incredible story of the inspiring Australian women who rescued hundreds of orphans at the end of the Vietnam War.the incredible story of the inspiring Australian women who rescued hundreds of orphans at the end of the Vietnam War.refugee children -- vietnam -- history -- 20th century, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- children, volunteer workers in social service -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hall, Mitchell K, Crossroads: American popular culture and the Vietnam Generation, 2005
... Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century... -- History -- 20th century Mitchell Hall's Crossroads is an exciting ...Mitchell Hall's Crossroads is an exciting trip through American popular culture from the 1950s to the 1970s. It is all here - TV, movies, sports, rock and roll - all in living color from American Bandstand to Muhammad Ali to Woodstock to Teh godfather. An entertaining read, especially for those who did not live through that era.Mitchell Hall's Crossroads is an exciting trip through American popular culture from the 1950s to the 1970s. It is all here - TV, movies, sports, rock and roll - all in living color from American Bandstand to Muhammad Ali to Woodstock to Teh godfather. An entertaining read, especially for those who did not live through that era.united states -- social life and customs -- 1945-1970, popular culture -- united states -- history -- 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rottman, Gordon L, Vietnam Infantry Tactics, 2011
... -- History -- 20th century..... Infantry -- Drill and tactics -- History -- 20th century. United ...This book, written by an infantry veteran of Vietnam, evaluates the small-unit tactics of that conflict and how they developed in the field.This book, written by an infantry veteran of Vietnam, evaluates the small-unit tactics of that conflict and how they developed in the field.united states. army. infantry -- drill and tactics -- history -- 20th century., united states. army -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- campaigns. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Davies, Peter E, US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom 11 Units Of The Vietnam War, 2012
... United States. Marine Corps -- Aviation -- History -- 20th... Corps -- Aviation -- History -- 20th century United States ...Comprehensive histories of fighting aircraft and their crews, highlighting their vital role in the development of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuriesComprehensive histories of fighting aircraft and their crews, highlighting their vital role in the development of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuriesunited states. marine corps -- aviation -- history -- 20th century, united states. marine corps -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975., phantom ii (jet fighter plane), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rottman, Gordon L, Vietnam Gun Trucks, 2011
... Military convoys -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.... -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century. Vietnam War 1961-1975 ...While Vietnam is usually perceived as an infantry war with US forces deploying by helicopters, the long supply lines that led to their inland bases had to be traveled by ground vehicles.While Vietnam is usually perceived as an infantry war with US forces deploying by helicopters, the long supply lines that led to their inland bases had to be traveled by ground vehicles.military convoys -- vietnam -- history -- 20th century., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- transportation -- pictorial works -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Jamieson, Neil L, Understanding Vietnam, 1993
... Vietnam- History - 20th century....-1945. Vietnam- History - 20th century. Disclosed what ...Disclosed what the American military and political leadership largely misunderstoon: the nature of Vietnamese society, the confrontation with colonialism and Western values, the resistance of the intellectuals, and the culture of the people.Disclosed what the American military and political leadership largely misunderstoon: the nature of Vietnamese society, the confrontation with colonialism and Western values, the resistance of the intellectuals, and the culture of the people.vietnam - history -1858-1945., vietnam- history - 20th century. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Harrison, James P, The Endless War: Vietnam's Struggle for Independence, 1989
... Vietnam History - 20th century... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam History - 20th ...The Endless War is dispassionate, deeply informed, yet touches on a crucial subject in an authoritative manner. It explains, above all, why the Vietnam War was won by the Vietnamese rather than lost by the French or Americans; it gives us a necessary understanding of the roots of revolutionary nationalism.The Endless War is dispassionate, deeply informed, yet touches on a crucial subject in an authoritative manner. It explains, above all, why the Vietnam War was won by the Vietnamese rather than lost by the French or Americans; it gives us a necessary understanding of the roots of revolutionary nationalism.vietnam history - 20th century, north vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Barker, Theo, Craftsmen of the Australian Army: the story of RAEME, 1992
... Military engineering - Australia - History - 20th century... Military engineering - Australia - History - 20th century The Corps ...The Corps of Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) has the major responsibility for the maintenance, recovery and repair of the Army's electrical and mechanical equipment.The Corps of Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) has the major responsibility for the maintenance, recovery and repair of the Army's electrical and mechanical equipment.australia. army. corps of royal australian electrical and mechanical engineers - history, military engineering - australia - history - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Milne, David, America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War, 2008
... Anticommunist movements - United States - History - 20th... - 20th century Political consultants - United States - Biography ...A book that vividly illuminates the dangers of ideology in foreign policy, America's Rasputin could not be more timely.A book that vividly illuminates the dangers of ideology in foreign policy, America's Rasputin could not be more timely.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -diplomatic history, anticommunist movements - united states - history - 20th century, political consultants - united states - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pfennigwerth, Ian, Tiger territory: the untold story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia from 1948 - 1971
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - 20th century... Australian Navy - History - 20th century Australia - Military ...Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore.Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore.australia. royal australian navy - history - 20th century, australia - military relations - southeast asia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Jones, Frank Leith, Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam and American Cold War Strategy, 2013
... National security - United States - History - 20th century... - United States - History - 20th century Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 ..."Blowtorch" provides a revealing look into the hitherto unexamined role played for three decades by Cold War Strategist Komer. Those looking to understand counterinsurgency theory will be especially drawn to Jones' illuminating discussion in Komer's leadership of "CORDS""Blowtorch" provides a revealing look into the hitherto unexamined role played for three decades by Cold War Strategist Komer. Those looking to understand counterinsurgency theory will be especially drawn to Jones' illuminating discussion in Komer's leadership of "CORDS" national security - united states - history - 20th century, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - united states - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Thompson, Leroy, Uniforms of the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, 1984
... Military--History--20th century...-1975 Uniforms Military--History--20th century A book describing ...A book describing the uniforms worn in the Indo-China and Vietnam War era.A book describing the uniforms worn in the Indo-China and Vietnam War era.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, uniforms, military--history--20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, O'Neill, Robert J, General Giap: Politician & Strategist, 1969
... Vietnam History - 20th century... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam History - 20th ...This book has come into being through default of any comprehensive treatment of Giap in the two major roles for which he has achieved world notice.This book has come into being through default of any comprehensive treatment of Giap in the two major roles for which he has achieved world notice.vietnam history - 20th century, vietnam - politics and government - 20th century, north v, north vietnam, dien bien phu, red river delta, battle of vinh yen