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Vietnam
- The Australian War
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Seen as the last 'hot' frontline of the Cold War, the 10 year struggle in the rice paddies and jungles of South Vietnam unleashed the most devastating firepower on the Vietnamese nation and visited terrible harm on civilians and soldiers. Yet the Australian forces applied tactics that were very different from those of the Americans. Guided by their commanders' experience of jungle combat, Australian troops operated with stealth, deception and restraint in pursuing a 'better war'.
Drawing on hundreds of accounts by soldiers, politicians, aid workers, entertainers and the Vietnamese people, Paul Ham reconstructs for the first time the full history of our longest military campaign. 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 battlefi eld, Ham exhumes the truth about this politicians' war - which sealed the fate of 50,000 Australian servicemen and women.
More than 500 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.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- David
- 07-04-13
Highly recommended
This book covers the Vietnam War from the Australian and New Zealand point of view. Not scared of the controversial issues, it covers the background to the war, the stories of the diggers themselves, and looks at the aftermath. It benefits enormously from having an Australian narrator, and Peter Byrne does a fantastic job. The description of the terrifying battle at Long Tan is worth the cost on its own and once finished, left me with enormous respect for the ANZACs and their approach to soldiering. Highly recommended.
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- paul hadfeild
- 01-05-18
Very informative overview
I would have liked a bit less all about the politics and politicians and a bit more about the troops and the equipment they used but it was a good read.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-19
very good
very informative and a real eye opener on a subject I knew hardly anything about
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- Roger
- 09-02-12
Very good
Good, well researched book free of the left wing blinkers that lots of authors seem to put on when they write about Vietnam. I kept thinking I'd heard the last chapter, but there was more and more additional information.
Very well narrated. Narrator has a pleasing Aussie accent, and good delivery that makes the occasional humourous sentences even funnier.
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- w
- 08-07-14
Enthralling
Having listened to the Kakadu Trail,by this author,i expected and realized another full account of the war in vietnam.
Listen to it.You will not be disappointed.Excellent story
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- andy
- 23-11-09
AUSTRALIAN WAR
Have listened to this book and found it to be the most informative ive heard both in terms of the military and political information it reveals. Very well written by Paul Ham, and narrated by Peter Byrne. For anyone intrested in this conflict, this book is a must.
Andy, Ireland.
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- Christopher
- 30-11-10
What can I say, awesome book
Thoroughly enjoyed this audio book and was very well narrated and very informative. Anyone with an interest in the Vietnam Conflict, definitely worth a listen :0)
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-24
Outstanding
A very well written and read book an an alternative side of the war. Highly recommended.
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- Thj Williamson
- 18-06-19
not good at all
I find the history of the war in Vietnam interesting
but when the narrator puts on a condescending
tone with a Vietnamese accent realy bad
if not even racist . I got about 1/2 way through
and called it a day. but I flicked through the latter chapters to see if got any better but alas no
so it's good night from me and goodnight from him.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-10-21
Through and balanced telling of not often well taught war
Quite a good telling of history but unfortunately not a great reading of it. Seems the writer has a pretty stuck in view of history and is willing to bend a few facts not to change it. Not a bad lead in to the history of the war but you shouldn’t be your last to get the full picture. Also the Aussie voice actor trying a Vietnamese accent is really as bad as you can imagine
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