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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Brothers in arms: a film of 9 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Canberra jet bomber
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, AATTV: The Team, a 5 part oral history, part 5, Last to Leave 1970-72
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Aussie Trackers - Vietnam - Vol. 1 (2 copies)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive ...Actual film footage taken by Lt. John Neervoort in Vietnamvietnam war, 1961-1975 - history, 6 rar/nz, hmas sydney (aircraft carrier) -
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Film - Film, DVD, The history of the Fifth (5th) Battalions 1885-1973
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Legacy: the story of Legacy, 1986
An introduction to Legacy: it's meaning and role in Australia today.legacy clubs of australia -- history, welfare services for families of ex-servicemen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, RAAF transport flight Vietnam 1964-1966
Film dedicated to the airmen of C4 Caribou aircraft in Vietnam between 1964-1972caribou - history, australia. royal australian air force -- history, canberra (bomber) -
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Book, Peter Firkins, The Australians In nine wars : Waikato to Long Tan, 19171
Follows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.448.non-fictionFollows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam.australia - armed forces - history, australia - history -
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Book, Peter Firkins, The Australians in nine wars: From Waikato to Long Tan, 1982
Follows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam. TitleBibliography, index, ill (b/w) (maps), p.492.non-fictionFollows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam. Titleaustralia - history - military, australia - history- armed forces -
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Book, George Odgers, 100 years of Australian at war, 2000
A tribute to the servicemen and women of the past, and peacekeepers of the present, in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Begins with the Boer War, goes on to cover the Boxers conflict in China, the First and Second World Wars, Malayan emergency, Korean War, Indonesia, Vietnam War, also the Gulf War, and East Timor.Index, notes, ill (b/w plates) (maps).non-fictionA tribute to the servicemen and women of the past, and peacekeepers of the present, in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Begins with the Boer War, goes on to cover the Boxers conflict in China, the First and Second World Wars, Malayan emergency, Korean War, Indonesia, Vietnam War, also the Gulf War, and East Timor. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history - military -
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Book, David Horowitz, From Yalta to Vietnam: American foreign policy in the cold war, 1967
This book analyses the question: is America to blame for the cold war?Bibliography, Imdex, notes, ill (maps), p.426.This book analyses the question: is America to blame for the cold war?united states - foreign relations, united states - history - cold war -
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Book, AK McDougall, ANZACS, Australians at war, 1991
A narrative history illustrated by photographs from the Nation's Archives by A.K. MacDougall, which include the Boer War, World War I, World War II, Korea War, Malaya War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Battle of Britain, Mediterranean War, Tobruk, Battle of the Coral Sea, Desert War, Gallipoli, Dardanelles and diggers. With a list of VC (Victoria Cross) awards from Australia and New Zealand.Index, maps, ill(b/w), p.285.non-fictionA narrative history illustrated by photographs from the Nation's Archives by A.K. MacDougall, which include the Boer War, World War I, World War II, Korea War, Malaya War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Battle of Britain, Mediterranean War, Tobruk, Battle of the Coral Sea, Desert War, Gallipoli, Dardanelles and diggers. With a list of VC (Victoria Cross) awards from Australia and New Zealand.australia - history - military, australian army - history -
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Book, Minerva, The sorrow of war, 1994
... vietnam war 1961-1975 - history...-and-the-dandenong-ranges vietnam war 1961-1975 - fiction vietnam war 1961 ...Kien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. He knows the area well - this was where, in the dry season of 1969, his battalion was obliterated by American napalm and helicopter gunfire. Kien was one of only ten survivors. This book is his attempt to understand the eleven years of his life he gave to a senseless war.p.227.fictionKien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. He knows the area well - this was where, in the dry season of 1969, his battalion was obliterated by American napalm and helicopter gunfire. Kien was one of only ten survivors. This book is his attempt to understand the eleven years of his life he gave to a senseless war.vietnam war 1961-1975 - fiction, vietnam war 1961-1975 - history -
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Book, Bolinda Press, The soldier's story, 1986
The controversial Battle at Xa Long Tan was not only a critical episode in Australias Vietnam involvement, it was also a textbook nightmare in the history of jungle warfare. Reconstructing this dramatic action from secret documents and the vivid recollections of many diggers who fought at Long Tan, Terry Burstall challenges the official army version.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.253.non-fictionThe controversial Battle at Xa Long Tan was not only a critical episode in Australias Vietnam involvement, it was also a textbook nightmare in the history of jungle warfare. Reconstructing this dramatic action from secret documents and the vivid recollections of many diggers who fought at Long Tan, Terry Burstall challenges the official army version. vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – long tan -
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Book, University of Queensland Press, Vietnam : the Australian dilemma, 1993
... Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History... Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History Vietnam : the Australian dilemma ...Vietnam : the Australian dilemma reveals why Australia entered the Vietnam war, coming to the aid of the United StatesIndex, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.329.Vietnam : the Australian dilemma reveals why Australia entered the Vietnam war, coming to the aid of the United Statesvietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – history -
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Book, Thế Giới Publishers, The general headquarters in the spring of brilliant victory, 2002
... Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History General Vo Nguyen ...Account of the defeat of two imperialist powers allowing the Vietnamese to gain back their lost landsIll, p.357.non-fictionAccount of the defeat of two imperialist powers allowing the Vietnamese to gain back their lost landsvietnam war 1961-1975 – history, general vo nguyen giap - memoirs -
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Book, Longman Cheshire, War without end : conflict in Indo-China, 1995
... Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History Indochina - History ...Indo-China war - Australian involvement in Vietnam - Laos and Cambodia ; Jim Cairns - Harold Holt - Ho Chi Minh - John F. Kennedy - Robert Menzies - My Lai - Richard Nixon - Lyndon B. Johnson (L.B.J.) - Tet Offensive - Fall of Saigon - Why America lost - Cambodia & the Sihanouk years - Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot - Agent Orange & Post-traumatic stress disorder - Vietnamese boat people & resettlement destinations.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.183.non-fictionIndo-China war - Australian involvement in Vietnam - Laos and Cambodia ; Jim Cairns - Harold Holt - Ho Chi Minh - John F. Kennedy - Robert Menzies - My Lai - Richard Nixon - Lyndon B. Johnson (L.B.J.) - Tet Offensive - Fall of Saigon - Why America lost - Cambodia & the Sihanouk years - Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot - Agent Orange & Post-traumatic stress disorder - Vietnamese boat people & resettlement destinations.vietnam war 1961-1975 – history, indochina - history -
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Book, Thomas Dunne Books et al, SEAL warrior death in the dark : Vietnam, 1968-1972, 2009
A vivid, riveting account of highly decorated Navy SEAL Thomas H. Keith's Vietnam tour of duty and his profoundly revealing first-hand experience with the emergence of modern guerrilla warfare. The old battle tactics were useless for the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, who were fighting a guerrilla war on foreign soil for the first time in American historyIndex, bibliography, ill, p.268.non-fictionA vivid, riveting account of highly decorated Navy SEAL Thomas H. Keith's Vietnam tour of duty and his profoundly revealing first-hand experience with the emergence of modern guerrilla warfare. The old battle tactics were useless for the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, who were fighting a guerrilla war on foreign soil for the first time in American historyvietnam war 1961-1975 - guerilla operations, vietnam war 1961-1975 - us involvement -
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Book, Allen & Unwin, The Fighting First : combat operations in Vietnam, 1968-69, the First Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1991
An account of the combat operations in Vietnam of the first battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.Index, ill, maps, p.283.An account of the combat operations in Vietnam of the first battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – regimental histories - australia -
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Book, The Team : Australian Army advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972, 1984
the official history of the Australian army training team in Vietnam between 1962 and 1972Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.534.the official history of the Australian army training team in Vietnam between 1962 and 1972vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – regimental histories - australia -
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Book, Australian Military History Publication, Viet Nam diggers' language : abbreviations, acronyms, terms and jargon, of the Viet Nam war, 2006
A reference book intended to help those who struggle with military jargon, especially in relation to the Vietnam conflictIndex, bibliography, ill, p.212.non-fictionA reference book intended to help those who struggle with military jargon, especially in relation to the Vietnam conflictvietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, english language - australia - slang -
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Book, Duong Thanh Phong, The document album of Cu Chi, 1994
... Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History - Photographic...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Vietnam war 1961-1975 – History - Photographic ...A photographic essay of the Vietnam conflict from a Vietnamese perspective.non-fictionA photographic essay of the Vietnam conflict from a Vietnamese perspective.vietnam war 1961-1975 – history - photographic, vietnam war 1961-1975 – history -
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Book, Pan McMillan et al, In the line of fire : real stories of Australians at war, from Gallipoli to Vietnam, 2005
In the line of fire' explores the nature of combat from the perspective of the men doing the actual fighting. From the heights of Gallipoli to the trenches of the Western Front, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungle POW camps of the Thai-Burma Railway, from the savage cold of a Korean winter to the steamy heat of Vietnam this book details what it's really like to be in the line of fire. Also it reveals the experiences of Australian women at war and the combat photographers.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.358.non-fictionIn the line of fire' explores the nature of combat from the perspective of the men doing the actual fighting. From the heights of Gallipoli to the trenches of the Western Front, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungle POW camps of the Thai-Burma Railway, from the savage cold of a Korean winter to the steamy heat of Vietnam this book details what it's really like to be in the line of fire. Also it reveals the experiences of Australian women at war and the combat photographers.military participation - australia, sustralia - history - military -
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Book, Sidgwick and Jackson, Vietnam, the war in the air : a pictorial history of the U.S. air forces in the Vietnam War, Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines, 1985
... Vietnam war - 1961-1975 - History... - United States Vietnam war - 1961-1975 - History This book covers ...This book covers US aerial operations from the first entrance of US planes to the evacuation of POW's in 1973Index, ill, maps, p.227.non-fictionThis book covers US aerial operations from the first entrance of US planes to the evacuation of POW's in 1973vietnam war - 1961-1975 - aerial operations - united states, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - history -
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Book, Alick Jackomos et al, Forgotten heroes : Aborigines at war from the Somme to Vietnam, 1993
The involvement of Victorian and New South Wales Aboriginal people in war; World War One; World War Two; Korea; Vietnam; James Lovett; Hannah Lovett; Reg Rawlings; Henry Thorpe; John Firebrace; Dan Cooper; Jackson Stewart; Reg Saunders; Harry Saunders; George Birkett; Bill Egan; Jack Kennedy; Linda (Lester) Nihill; Marge Tucker; Alice Lovett; Connie Alberts; Stewart Murray; Norman Herbert Franklin; Bill Edwards; Lester Marks Harradine; Clarke family; Merv Bundle; Leo Maxwell Muir; Glen James; Graham Atkinson; Pat Owen; Cummeragunga; Lake Tyers; Framlingham; list of Aboriginal servicemen and women; different treatment of Aboriginal people during the war and after; introduction by Terry Garwood annotated separately.Ill, p.88.The involvement of Victorian and New South Wales Aboriginal people in war; World War One; World War Two; Korea; Vietnam; James Lovett; Hannah Lovett; Reg Rawlings; Henry Thorpe; John Firebrace; Dan Cooper; Jackson Stewart; Reg Saunders; Harry Saunders; George Birkett; Bill Egan; Jack Kennedy; Linda (Lester) Nihill; Marge Tucker; Alice Lovett; Connie Alberts; Stewart Murray; Norman Herbert Franklin; Bill Edwards; Lester Marks Harradine; Clarke family; Merv Bundle; Leo Maxwell Muir; Glen James; Graham Atkinson; Pat Owen; Cummeragunga; Lake Tyers; Framlingham; list of Aboriginal servicemen and women; different treatment of Aboriginal people during the war and after; introduction by Terry Garwood annotated separately.australia - military forces - aboriginal members, australia - aboriginals - personal histories - military -
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Book, Bison Group, The complete military history of the Vietnam War, 1990
... The complete military history of the Vietnam War...Vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - History... Vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - History That the Vietnam War ...That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts. But what sor of a watershed was it? Certainly it caused many americans to lose sme cherished illusions about why the United States goes to war, how it fights a war and on what terms it is willing to end a war. But in place of those lost illusions was anything substantial really learned?Index, ill, maps, p.176.That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts. But what sor of a watershed was it? Certainly it caused many americans to lose sme cherished illusions about why the United States goes to war, how it fights a war and on what terms it is willing to end a war. But in place of those lost illusions was anything substantial really learned?vietnam conflict - 1961-1975 - pictorial works, vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - history -
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Book, Osprey Publishing, Balkan air wars 1991-2000, 2000
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 -
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Book, M. Joseph, The Korean war, 1987
On 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam. Max Hastings has drawn on first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this vivid and incisive reassessment of the Korean War, bringing the military and human dimensions into sharp focus.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.476.On 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam. Max Hastings has drawn on first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this vivid and incisive reassessment of the Korean War, bringing the military and human dimensions into sharp focus.korean war 1950-1953 - history, korea - history -
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Book, Picador, A bright shining lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, 1988
Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam.non-fictionSheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. vietnam war 1961-1975 - american involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 - biography -
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Book, Peter Fitzsimons, The battle of Long Tan, 2022
By far the deadliest battle for Australian forces in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan has a proud place in the annals of Australian military history - and every ANZAC who fought there could hold his head high. Peter FitzSimons, Australia's greatest storyteller, tells the real story of this classic battle. He reveals the horror, the bravery, the wins and the losses that faced our soldiers. He brings to life the personal stories of the men who fought, the events leading up to that memorable battle and the long war that followed, and the political decisions made in the halls of power that sealed their fates. The Battle of Long Tan is an engrossing and powerful history that shows the costs of war never end.Index, bib, notes, ill, p.427.non-fictionBy far the deadliest battle for Australian forces in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan has a proud place in the annals of Australian military history - and every ANZAC who fought there could hold his head high. Peter FitzSimons, Australia's greatest storyteller, tells the real story of this classic battle. He reveals the horror, the bravery, the wins and the losses that faced our soldiers. He brings to life the personal stories of the men who fought, the events leading up to that memorable battle and the long war that followed, and the political decisions made in the halls of power that sealed their fates. The Battle of Long Tan is an engrossing and powerful history that shows the costs of war never end.vietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - politics and government - australia