PublishedHarper Collins, August 2010 |
ISBN9780732289669 |
FormatHardcover, 960 pages |
Dimensions23.8cm × 19.2cm × 5.8cm |
From the commitment to engage, through the fight over conscription and the rise of the anti-war movement, to the tactics and horror of the battlefield, Ham exhumes the truth about this politicians’ war - which sealed the fate of 50,000 Australian servicemen and women. More than 500 Australian soldiers were killed and thousands wounded. Those who made it home returned to a hostile and ignorant country and a reception that scarred them forever. This is their story. Now illustrated with hundreds of rarely seen photographs and the stories behind them, this award-winning portrait is transformed into an equally powerful and moving visual record of the Australian war in Vietnam.