TY - BOOK AU - Ham,Paul TI - Vietnam: the Australian war SN - 9780732287801 (pbk.) : AV - DS558.6.A8 H36 2008 U1 - 959.7043394 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Sydney, N.S.W. PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - Vietnam War (1961-1975) KW - fast KW - Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 KW - Participation, Australian KW - Campaigns KW - Protest movements KW - Australia KW - Political aspects KW - Vietnamkrieg KW - swd KW - Buddhism and politics KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Military campaigns KW - Military participation KW - Australian KW - gnd KW - Australien KW - Vietnam War (Australia,Vietnam) N1 - Previously published: 2007; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 747-777; Machine generated contents note: pt. One `The place' -- ch. 1 Three thousand years -- ch. 2 The French -- ch. 3 Ho and Giap -- ch. 4 The Red menace -- ch. 5 The two Vietnams -- ch. 6 Viet Cong -- ch. 7 Enter the Americans -- pt. Two First contacts -- ch. 8 The quiet Australian -- ch. 9 The Team -- ch. 10 The Montagnard chief -- ch. 11 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment -- ch. 12 The Iron Triangle -- ch. 13 Cu Chi -- pt. Three The Australian province -- ch. 14 Nashos -- ch. 15 To Nui Dat -- ch. 16 The village -- ch. 17 Long Tan --- warnings -- ch. 18 Long Tan --- action -- ch. 19 Long Tan --- aftermath -- pt. Four All the way ... -- ch. 20 ... with LBJ -- ch. 21 Draft dodgers -- ch. 22 R&R -- ch. 23 February 1967 -- ch. 24 The minefield -- ch. 25 The hamlet without a soul -- ch. 26 To January 1968 -- pt. Five The Year of the Monkey -- ch. 27 The Tet Offensive -- ch. 28 Coral -- ch. 29 Balmoral -- ch. 30 The air war -- ch. 31 The press offensive -- ch. 32 Body count --; Contents note continued: ch. 33 A politicians' war -- pt. Six WHAM -- ch. 34 Australian Viet Cong -- ch. 35 Accelerated pacification -- ch. 36 Binh Ba -- ch. 37 Vietnamisation -- pt. Seven Homecoming -- ch. 38 Morale -- ch. 39 Moratorium -- ch. 40 Platoon -- ch. 41 Last days -- ch. 42 `Baby-killers' -- pt. Eight Endings -- ch. 43 The North invades -- ch. 44 The fall of Saigon -- ch. 45 Cabramatta -- ch. 46 Agents Orange, Purple, White, Green, Pink, Blue ... -- ch. 47 `Totally and permanently incapacitated' -- ch. 48 Welcome home -- ch. 49 ... borne back ceaselessly into the past N2 - This extraordinary, sweeping account, draws on hundreds of unpublished sources and itnerviews with soldiers, politicians, medical practitioners, aid providers, entertainers and the Vietnamese people to reconstruct the epic history of a campaign that disfigured a :country and divided the world, nations, families and friends UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018750387&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018750387&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -