Ill, maps, p.336.non-fictionOn the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summary vietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – long tan

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.296.non-fictionThe simple tale of Simpson and his donkey is the pre-eminent legend of heroism. It is the story of a humble water-carrier, a rescuer of wounded men, a tale of compassion, stoic persistence, with a tragic end. His tale is an integral part of the Anzac story. Across time, a simple tale can acquire a complicated history. This is what happened to the man with the donkey and is the subject of this book, Simpson's 'afterlife', the legend.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, gallipoli campaign - medical corps - history

Index, ill, p.390.non-fictionIn war, there is no easy victory. When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. As we gain more distance from those events, it can be argued that many of the issues facing us today - the rise of the Islamic State, increased Islamic terrorism, intensified violence in the Middle East, mass migration, and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq.iraq war - personal recollections, iraq war 2003-2011 - history

Index, ill, p.541.non-fictionStories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others.australia - history - military, australia - armed forces - history

Index, bib, p.442.The most comprehensive analysis of strategic studies available, Strategy in the Contemporary World, Third Edition, reflects upon recent events and assesses the role of military power in the contemporary world. Taking a functional approach and looking at issues from both times of war and of peace, editors John Baylis, James J. Wirtz, and Colin S. Gray analyze the conflicts themselves--as well as what can be learned from them. This new edition covers topics such as intelligence and strategy, strategic studies and its critics, as well as strategy in practice, providing a comprehensive and insightful collection of contributions from a team of leading experts in the field.strategy, world politics - 20th century

Index, bib, p.578.non-fictionAUSTRALIA IN PEACE AND WAR is the first work to trace the development of Australia’s external relations from their colonial origins to the present. It shows how successive Australian governments have seen the world, what their attitudes have been, their actions and (much more often) their reactions. This important and controversial book details the successes and failures of Australian foreign policy over two centuries. It shows how geographical aspects of the world's largest island, anchored off the south-east corner of Asia, have increasingly impinged on perceptions and attitudes historically derived from Europe. It pleads for recognition that Australia can adapt the best of its European traditions in coming to terms with and helping to shape its Asia-Pacific environment. australia - foreign relations, australia - history - military

Ill, p.260.non-fictionSnipers, highly trained and ruthlessly efficient killers, they can act as lone agents or as part of a strategic military force.snipers, irregular soldiers

Pierre Patrick Gorman, CBE (1 October 1924 – 1 October 2006) was an Australian librarian and academic who specialised in education for children with disabilities. Born profoundly deaf, Gorman was the first deaf person to receive a doctorate at Cambridge University. Documents the changing nature of education of deaf children and the attitudes of the society at large and the current research. A loose-leaf printed pamphlet (A5 - 4 pages) of an address given by Dr. Pierre Gorman to the Parents Group of the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the deaf, Elgar Rd, Burwood, Victoria on 25th November, 1960. deaf children australia, dca, princess elizabeth kindergarten for the deaf, pekd, dr. pierre gorman, deaf community, parenting

Used by the librarian in the mid 20th Century to stamp each new book at the Stanley Athenaeum, the stamp identified the library's ownership of the books in the library. The stamp is still used today when new books are acquired by the Stanley Athenaeum. This item is historically significant as part of the Stanley Athenaeum collection and can be used to identify the age of books and when they were acquired by the Stanley AthenaeumWooden block with wooden handle and inscribed rubber stamp on front faceInscribed relief in elliptical shape with words and stars in reverse. "Stanley Athenaeum" stanley, stanley athenaeum, stamp, ownership

Small buff coloured instruction manual for the operation of immersion heatersTM 10-702 Dept of Army Technical manual heaters, heaters, immersion typeheater instructions

Aluminium. Known as Fred (Field Ration Eacting Device) (unofficially known as F*+@#ing ridiculous eating deviceration pack, can opener/spoon

As the Australian Army begins its second century, it can look back on a proud and rich history that has seen it answer the nation's call during two world wars as well as a number of lesser conflicts.australia. army - history, australia - history, military

It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes. vehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army -- equipment

A brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war.my lai massacre, vietnam, 1968

The political and personal controversy over our involvement in the Vietnam war still rages. Only those who were there can tell the story.australia. army. topographical survey troop, 1st, military topography - vietnam, nui dat

When technology and machinery can;t doe the job, it's tine to call in a small group of men.united states. navy. seals, vietnam

We all make decisions every day - they shape the lives we lead. In times of war, decision-making can take on a greter signifiance. australia. army - aboriginal troops, vietnam, world war one

Between Pratt & Whitney and numerous licensed companies, there were over 180,000 of these engines manufactured in a number of specifications. The B-24 Liberator would have been their major recipient but other famous aircraft using the same engine were the Consolidated Catalina flying boat and the Douglas DC3/C47/Dakota. Refer Wikipedia link for other aircraft that used this engine.As a result of the significant and ongoing usage of these engines in civil aircraft such as the Douglas DC3, they are by no means rare. Many parts can still be sourced new and there are several companies that have the capacity to rebuild these engines to an airworthy standard.The Pratt & Whitney R 1830 is a double row 14 cylinder air cooled radial engine with a capacity of 1830 cubic inches (30 litres), developing some 1200 horsepower at a maximum 2700 rpm.radial engine, twin wasp, r1830

It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes. vehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army -- equipment

Admidst all the rhetoric about 'saving Vietnam from the Communists' one fact is always conviently forgotten .... that Vietnam once had a Communist government. Furthermore, the peple chose it - on January 6, 1946, during the first ever allowed to the Vietnamese. It is obvious that this one fact completely negates America's stated purpose for being in Vietnam, because America can hardly claim to be helping the Vietnamese choose the kind of government they want when they made their choice years ago.vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war, 1961-1975 - pictorial works, vietnamese

What has happened in vietnam? What Can or should be done? Everyone has some sort of answer to the second question. Not so many can answer the first. This book provides the facts on which any informed answer must be based/vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war (1961-1975), south east asia, saigon

Coercive diplomacy is a beguiling, strategy, a subtle mixture of military pressures and diplomatic concessions. It is often erroneously thought to be a low risk strategy which military strong powers can employ to impose their will upon weaker opponents. Actually, however, this strategy can succeed only under special conditions, such as were present in 1962 when President Kennedy induced Khrushchev to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. When special conditions of urgency, motivation and timing are not present, as in 1965 when President Johnson initiated bombing of North Vietnam, an effort to employ coercive diplomacy may easily lead to ruinous involvement.intervention (international law), diplomacy, united states - foreign relations - 1945-1989, laos, cuba, vietnam

It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyesvehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army equipment

Mostly Sailors deals with the life of sailors on board various ships in the Royal Australian Navy and how a boring and monotonous day can turn quickly into life threatening situations.australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian

This in an account of one man's remarkable experience in Vietnam which can be compared in intensity with the war writings of Robert Graves. united states army, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - american

This in an account of one man's remarkable experience in Vietnam which can be compared in intensity with the war writings of Robert Graves.united states army, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - american

The political and personal controversy over our involvement in the Vietnam war still rages. Only those who were there can tell the story. military topography - vietnam, 1st topographical survey troop, nui dat

Thus we can say that we constantly surpass our class and that our class reality is made manifest by this very surpassing.social movements - australia, political culture - australia, australia. social change, 1960-1972