Australian Soldiers in South Africa and Vietnam: Words from the Battlefield

by Effie Karageorgos

Book Overview

The South African and Vietnam Wars provoked dramatically different reactions in Australians, from pro-British jingoism on the eve of Federation, to the anti-war protest movements of the 1960s. In contrast, the letters and diaries of Australian soldiers written while on the South African and Vietnam battlefields reveal that their reactions to the war they were fighting were surprisingly unlike those on the home fronts from which they came.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472585801
• ISBN13: 9781472585806
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"