The ANZAC Girls: The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses by Peter Rees
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By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have ...Show more
Defending Country by Richard; Riseman Trembath
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Category: MILITARY HISTORY
Few Australian realise the extent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the military. Many enlisted before they had the right to vote, to drink alcohol or even to receive equal wages. Defending Country is the first book to document the unique experiences of Indigenous Australian men ...Show more
The New Spymasters - Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror by Stephen Grey
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Category: MILITARY HISTORY
"Number one Evening Standarad bestseller book of the year". (Daily Telegraph). "Exceptional. A blueprint for productive, sophisticated espionage in the age of Islamist terror". (Daily Telegraph). Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots ...Show more
At War on the Gothic Line by Christian Jennings
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Category: MILITARY HISTORY
Through the eyes of thirteen men and women from seven different nations, Christian Jennings gives readers an unprecedented look inside this unsung but highly significant campaign. Just like Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers, Jennings vividly recounts the acts of valor performed by these courageous youn ...Show more
Flashback by Peter Haran
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Seven young Australian soldiers find themselves caught up in the madness and brutality of the Vietnam War. One dies, six survive after being wounded - only to find there are worse things than dying on the battlefield. Covering the events during the tours of duty between 1966 and 1972, Flashback vividly ...Show more
Crossfire by Peter Haran
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In 1966 a group of 28 soldiers was chosen to form Australia's first specialist Reconnaissance Platoon in the Vietnam War. One of this platoon's section commanders was a 20-year-old regular soldier called Bob Kearney, who led a series of deadly patrols while the First Australian Task Force established it ...Show more
The Crossroad by Mark Donaldson
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On 2 September 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life. His display of extraordinary courage that day saw him awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia, making him the first Australian to receive our highest award for braver ...Show more
Stone Cold : The Extraordinary Story of Len Opie, Australia's Deadliest Soldier by Andrew Faulkner
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A soldier cast in the image of Anzac, and revered in the post World War II military as a peerless fighter, Len Opie stands alone in the Australian military pantheon. But he was a paradox. A cold-eyed killer who drank nothing stronger than weak tea, he killed people with his bare hands, a sharpened shove ...Show more
World War One: A History in 100 Stories by Bruce Scates, Rebecca Wheatley and Laura James
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There has been no shortage of heroic stories over the course of the Anzac Centenary: stories of courage and sacrifice, fortitude and endurance, mateship and resolve. But a hundred years on, there is a need for other stories as well - the stories too often marginalised in favour of nation-building narrat ...Show more