A collection of poems written about Australian soldiersSlouch Hat Soldiers is about the everyday experiences of war - not least, it's about families and mateship and all sorts of sacrifice.australians - vietnam - poetry, world war, 1914-1918 -- poetry, world war, 1939-1945 -- poetry

Presents the view of the North Vietnamese combat photographersthis book is about faces, really - the faces f the communist Vietnamese who drove France out of Vietnam, then killed Americans till we got the idea too, ten destroyed the anti-communist Army of the Republic of Vietnam. And it's about how North Vietnamese photographers saw thos faces, and showed them to their people.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- pictorial works, war photographers, vietnamese, north vietnamese photographers, army of the republic of vietnam (arvn)

Each year it has become more and more apparent that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reactions among returned Vietnam veterans constitute a major, well-defined syndrome affecting the lives of many thousands of veterans and their families.post-traumatic stress disorder, vietnam veterans

The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attempt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military, australia. wars, 1885-1972

Three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book. 1961-1975 - participation - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - journalists

As Australia commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, it is both saddening and heart warming to pause and reflect on those who died serving their communities and their country as surf lifesavers.soldiers -- australia, surf lifesaving (aquatic sports)

Assigned by Reuters to Vietnam, twenty-five year old correspondent Hugh Lunn left London with just 10 pounds for expenses and a one way ticket to Saigon. Arriving at the height of the war in 1967, he witnessed some of the most bloody and dramatic events, culminating in the 1968 Tet Offensice. Bombed, shot at, and lied to by the military, Hugh Lunn discovered that there was a war of words - and inages - as well as bullets.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, tet offensive (1968), saigon

The tales of battle are chilling and the reader is given a sense of what it is like to fight an unseen enemy who might appear any time, anywhere and start shooting from ambush.united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american

A journalist looking back learns - or ought to learn - that his dispatches from the field were temporal and limited, as befits the nature of his occupation.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states

An illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experience of having killed.combat - psychological aspects, psychology, military, mental health, combat disorders

It contains a great number of important truths.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - vietnam, vietnam - politics and government - 1945-1975, guerilla war

At 7.53 on the morning of 30 April 1975, the last helicopter took of from the United States embassy compound in Saigon, bound for a waiting aircraft-carrier in the South China Sea. After thirty years - more that ten thousand days - the Vietnam War was over.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 1945-1975, saigon, united states embassy, south china sea

At 7.53 on the morning of 30 April 1975, the last helicopter took of from the United States embassy compound in Saigon, bound for a waiting aircraft-carrier in the South China Sea. After thirty years - more that ten thousand days - the Vietnam War was over.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 1945-1975, saigon, united states embassy, south china sea

Christy Campbell lays out in stark detail the facts about modern conversational war - on and, at sea and in the air - and about nuclear war.weapons systems, vietnam

This is a complete, virtuoso analysis of an Australian life written by an unabashed ad unrepentant author - an acidic dissection of the role that genes and environment have in developing a person's character, as well as a sauntering chronicle of social analysis. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - veterans - australia - biography

The Vietnam War bitterly devided the Australoan people into those for and against. It was a war which ravaged Vietnam, leaving that country isolated and much poorer.vietnam war, 1961 -1975 - australia

This book has lots of black and white photographs taken during he Vietnam with an indicidual story for each photograph.vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- juvenile literature

Two decades ago, Australians were at war in Vietnam. By the time the engagement had ended, 47,000 Australians had participated in the most controversial military involvement in Australia's recent history vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives , australian, australia - politics and government - 1945 -

Updated Edition of SAS: Phantoms of the Jungle.SAS Phantoms of War is the history of the Australian Special Air Service, Originally published as SAS Phantoms of the Jungle in 1989australia. army - special air service regiment, australia. army - commando troops

A penetrating history of how the Vietnamese people experienced the wars for their country.vietnam -- history -- 1945-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975., indochinese war, 1946-1954.

The story of the US Navy A-1 Skyraider Unit serving in Vietnamskyraider (attack plane), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american

non-fictionthe A-4 was the backbone of the US Navy and Marine Corps' light strike force for much of the 1960s, and especially during the first half of the ten-year struggle in South-East Asia.skyhawk (jet attack plane), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american., us navy, united states - marine corps

Information relating to the various military uniforms for the Vietnam Army.army -- equipment, military uniforms., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- campaigns

A proponent of the war, Professor Liska here offers an original conceptual perspective for assessing our involvement, based on an imperial obligation for the United States to uphold world order, as distinct from the quest for colonies. His central thesis is simple: like it or not, the power and wealth of the United States force her to have world-wide interest and responsibilities.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- 20th century

Original, lucid, and convincing - a powerful indictment of the vindictive postwar policies the United States leveled against the one nation that successfully resisted the heaviest bombing in world history. united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states

Looking back on the Vietnam War is haunting in its unflinching critique and intervention to denaturalize warfare and disentangle its afterlife.vietnam war (1961-1975), 1961-1975-peace