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Book, Time Life books, Life at war, 1977
A pictorial record of conflict from the Spanish civil war to the 1970s through the eyes of Time-Life photographersIll, p.304.non-fictionA pictorial record of conflict from the Spanish civil war to the 1970s through the eyes of Time-Life photographersmilitary conflict - pictorial works, military conflict - history -
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Book, Time Life books et al, Special and secret, 1990
The operations of Australian clandestine units during the second world warIndex, bibliography, ill, p.168.non-fictionThe operations of Australian clandestine units during the second world warmilitary art and science - australia, secret service - australia -
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Book, Time Life books, Fists of steel, 1988
This volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany.Index, bibliography, ill, p.175.non-fictionThis volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany. industrial mobilization - germany - 20th century, spanish civil war - participation - germany -
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Book, Time Lofe books et al, Modern military towards 2000, 1989
A summary of Australian defence capability in the late 20th centuryIndex, bibliography, ill, map, p.168.non-fictionA summary of Australian defence capability in the late 20th centuryaustralia - armed forces - equipment, military art and science - technological innovation -
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Book, Peerage books, Encyclopedia of war machines, 1984
This encyclopedia details the breakthroughs in military technology from the earliest days.Index, ill, p.386.non-fictionThis encyclopedia details the breakthroughs in military technology from the earliest days.weaponry - history, military technology - history -
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Book, Time Life books, For Queen and Commonwealth, 1987
A study of Australian military involvement in the Sudan, China and South Africa. Includes illustrations.Index, Bibliography, ill, p.163non-fictionA study of Australian military involvement in the Sudan, China and South Africa. Includes illustrations.australia - history - military, south african war 1899-1901 - participation, boxer rebellion - australian participation -
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Book, Time Life Books, The secret war, 1988
Text and photographic essays tell of espionage in World War II: the spies, spy networks, codes, electronic eavesdropping, weapons and hoaxes used by both sides.Index, bibliography, ill, p.208.non-fictionText and photographic essays tell of espionage in World War II: the spies, spy networks, codes, electronic eavesdropping, weapons and hoaxes used by both sides. world war 1939-1945 - secret service, world war 1939-1945 - cryptography -
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Book, Time-Life Books in association with John Ferguson, Prisoners of war, 1988
This is a profoundly courageous story of Australians struggling to survive the consequences of a war-ravaged world. It is a singularly outstanding account of men wrenched from battle, but not from the annals of their nation's history.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.168.non-fictionThis is a profoundly courageous story of Australians struggling to survive the consequences of a war-ravaged world. It is a singularly outstanding account of men wrenched from battle, but not from the annals of their nation's history.prisoners of war - australia, world war 1939-1945 - prisons and prisoners -
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Book, Ian Morris, War: What is good for? The role of conflict in civilisation from primates to robots, 2015
Ian Morris challenges the view that war is one of the greatest human evilsBibliography, index, notes, ill (b/w), maps, 393.p.non-fictionIan Morris challenges the view that war is one of the greatest human evilswar and civilization, military history -
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Book, Gordon Thomas, Secret wars: One hundred years of British intelligence inside MI5 and MI6, 2009
Gordon Thomas is a leading expert on intelligence communities. This book provides the definitive historu of the famed MI5 and MI6bibliography, index, pg.402.non-fictionGordon Thomas is a leading expert on intelligence communities. This book provides the definitive historu of the famed MI5 and MI6intelligence services - great britain - history, great britain mi5 - history, great britain mi6 - 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, Grange Books, Military badges and Insignia, 1995
A selection of military insignia from various nationsill (plates), 46.p.non-fictionA selection of military insignia from various nationsarmed forces - insignia, armed forces - uniforms -
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Book, Joseph Cummins, Who dares wins: Ingenious battlefield tactics from the past, 2010
Who dares wins captures key moments in history when the ingenuity, vision and daring of brilliant leaders turned the tide of battle.Index, ill (col), maps, p.201.non-fictionWho dares wins captures key moments in history when the ingenuity, vision and daring of brilliant leaders turned the tide of battle.military art and science - history, tactics - history -
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Book, Ray Bonds, The illustrated directory of modern Soviet weapons, 1986
All the major conventional weapons used by the mighty Soviet armed forcesill (col), p.480.non-fictionAll the major conventional weapons used by the mighty Soviet armed forcessoviet union - armed forces, soviet union - weapons systems -
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Book, John Jordan, An illustrated guide to the modern US Navy: The worlds most advanced naval power, 1992
160 fact packed pages 0n more than 40 warship types. Includes sections on aircraft, weapons and sensors and on fleet organization detailsill (col), p.160.non-fiction160 fact packed pages 0n more than 40 warship types. Includes sections on aircraft, weapons and sensors and on fleet organization detailsunited states navy, military technology - naval -
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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, Bill Gunston, The illustrated directory of fighting aircraft of World War Two, 1988
Illustrated details of all major fighters, bombers and ground attack aircraft deployed by the combatant nations in World War IIill B/w, col). p.478.non-fictionIllustrated details of all major fighters, bombers and ground attack aircraft deployed by the combatant nations in World War IIfighter planes - history, bomber planes - history -
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Book, Bill Gunston, An illustrated guide to modern airborne missiles, 1983
Dramatic descriptions of al airborne missiles in service as of 1983ill (col, b/w), p.159.non-fictionDramatic descriptions of al airborne missiles in service as of 1983air to surface missiles, antiaircraft missiles -
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Book, Sebastian Faulks, The vintage book of war stories, 1999
In this unique and compelling anthology, Sebastian Faulks has collected the best fiction about war in the 20th century. Ranging from the First World War to the Gulf War, these stories depict a soldier's experience from call-ups battle and comradship to leave, hospital and trauma in later life. Truly international in scope, this anthology includes stories by Erich Maria Remarque and Pat Barker, Issac Babel and Ernest Hemingway , Heinrich Boll and Norman Mailer, JG Ballard and Tim O'Brian Julian Barnes and Louis de Barnieres. Together they form a powerful and moving evocation of the horrors of war.bibliography, p.368.fictionIn this unique and compelling anthology, Sebastian Faulks has collected the best fiction about war in the 20th century. Ranging from the First World War to the Gulf War, these stories depict a soldier's experience from call-ups battle and comradship to leave, hospital and trauma in later life. Truly international in scope, this anthology includes stories by Erich Maria Remarque and Pat Barker, Issac Babel and Ernest Hemingway , Heinrich Boll and Norman Mailer, JG Ballard and Tim O'Brian Julian Barnes and Louis de Barnieres. Together they form a powerful and moving evocation of the horrors of war.fiction - 20th century, war stories -
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Book, Charles Yale Harrison, Generals die in bed, 2003
A young soldier with the Canadian forces questions the meaning of heroism, of truth, and of good and evil as he describes life in the trenches during World War I.ill (b/w), p.208fictionA young soldier with the Canadian forces questions the meaning of heroism, of truth, and of good and evil as he describes life in the trenches during World War I. world war 1914-1918 - fiction, war stories -
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Book, Max Collins, Blood and thunder 1, 1995
PI Nate Heller of Chicago is hired by the widow of Senator Huey Long, a Louisiana politician, to find out for insurance purposes whether the bullet that killed him was fired by an assassin, therefore murder, or did he die in crossfire when his own bodyguards opened fire, therefore an accident. The truth, Heller learns, is far more sinister.p.320.fictionPI Nate Heller of Chicago is hired by the widow of Senator Huey Long, a Louisiana politician, to find out for insurance purposes whether the bullet that killed him was fired by an assassin, therefore murder, or did he die in crossfire when his own bodyguards opened fire, therefore an accident. The truth, Heller learns, is far more sinister. huey long - assassination - fiction, louisiana - assassination - fiction -
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Book, William Allison et al, The monocled mutineer, 1986
The role of Percy Toplis in the Etaples mutiny of 1917 and his subsequent adventures.ill, p.197.non-fictionThe role of Percy Toplis in the Etaples mutiny of 1917 and his subsequent adventures.etaples mutiny 1917, british army - mutiny - 1917 -
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Book, Pierre Boulle, The bridge on the river Kwai, 1952
The Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was ordered back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks.p.157.fictionThe Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was ordered back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. war stories - fiction, burma-siam railway - fiction -
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Book, Panther Books, The ridge and the river, 1958
World War II fiction set in New Guinea; characters include Aboriginal soldier.p.192.World War II fiction set in New Guinea; characters include Aboriginal soldier. new guinea campaigh, bougainville campaign -
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Book, Robert Graves, Goodbye to all that, 1957
Poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification.ill, p.279.non-fictionPoet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification.world war 1914-1918 - personal narratives - english, graves robert 1895-1985 - biography -
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Book, Magpie Books, World famous battles, 2004
nother book in the World Famous series, World Battles including the Gulf War, Vietnam, D-Day and Gallipoli.ill. p.183.non-fictionnother book in the World Famous series, World Battles including the Gulf War, Vietnam, D-Day and Gallipoli.conflict - 20th century, military science -
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Book, Penguin Books, Young digger, 2002
The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy. His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble. He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying men . . . He was stumbling over churned earth, looking into the face of an officer, bloodied red as the poppies, ripped apart in the Flanders mud . . . A small boy, an orphan of the First World War, wanders into the Australian airmen's mess in Germany, on Christmas Day in 1918. A strange boy, with an uncertain past and an extraordinary future, he became a mascot for the air squadron and was affectionately named 'Young Digger'. And in one of the most unusual incidents ever to emerge from the battlefields of Europe after the Great War, this solitary boy was smuggled back to Australia by air mechanic Tim Tovell, a man who cared for the boy so much that he was determined, however risky, to provide Young Digger with a new family and a new life in a new country, far from home.ill, notes, p.234.non-fictionThe dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy. His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble. He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying men . . . He was stumbling over churned earth, looking into the face of an officer, bloodied red as the poppies, ripped apart in the Flanders mud . . . A small boy, an orphan of the First World War, wanders into the Australian airmen's mess in Germany, on Christmas Day in 1918. A strange boy, with an uncertain past and an extraordinary future, he became a mascot for the air squadron and was affectionately named 'Young Digger'. And in one of the most unusual incidents ever to emerge from the battlefields of Europe after the Great War, this solitary boy was smuggled back to Australia by air mechanic Tim Tovell, a man who cared for the boy so much that he was determined, however risky, to provide Young Digger with a new family and a new life in a new country, far from home.world war 1914-1918 - children - biography, henri tovelle -
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Book, Anchor books, Anzac Cove to Hollywood : the story of Tom Skeyhill, master of deception, 2010
Tom Skeyhill wasn't what he appeared to be. Landing at Anzac Cover on the morning of 25 April 1915, Tom feigned blindness to escape. Wearing smoked-glass goggles he returned to Australia as the 'blind soldier-poet'... Spinning exaggerated and often erroneous tales, Tom's public lectures proved to be excellent theatre but truthfulness was a casualty of Tom's restless ambition; an ambition which eventually brought him down.index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.238.Tom Skeyhill wasn't what he appeared to be. Landing at Anzac Cover on the morning of 25 April 1915, Tom feigned blindness to escape. Wearing smoked-glass goggles he returned to Australia as the 'blind soldier-poet'... Spinning exaggerated and often erroneous tales, Tom's public lectures proved to be excellent theatre but truthfulness was a casualty of Tom's restless ambition; an ambition which eventually brought him down. world war 1914-1918 - biography, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli