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Australia's Vietnam - Myth vs History by Mark Dapin
$50.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in myt ...Show more
Strange Country : Travels in a Very Different Australia by Mark Dapin
$15.00 AUD
$34.99 (57% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
"This book is about the people I met as I crisscrossed Australia by train and plane and L-plated car: the undefeated dreamers and wild-hearted romantics, the obsessed hobbyists and beautiful failures. It is about heroes and legends, illusions, delusions and hope, and one or two men with shit for brains ...Show more
The Nashos' War : Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from al ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing by Mark Dapin (ed)
$25.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
From the cliffs of Gallipoli, to the jungles of Vietnam, to the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, Australia's short history has been punctuated by war. We define ourselves through our relationship to the battlefield - mateship, courage under fire, larrikinism - but few of us have been firsthand witnesses ...Show more
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