Bibliograph

Crucible, the Australians in action in Vietnam, Don Tate

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Crucible, the Australians in action in Vietnam, Don Tate

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crucible

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Don Tate

Sub title

the Australians in action in Vietnam

Summary

Crucible: The Australian in Action in Vietnam is a collection of events taken from the Narratives, Unit Histories, newspaper reports, and other historical resources involving the Australian Force in Vietnam, 1964-1972... of great individual and unit heroism, of large battles - including the first massed tank attack since World War 2 - of ambushes, and bunker assaults, of the last ever bayonet charges by Australian infantrymen in war, and of those many fleeting contact and firefights - all in the most hostile of environments against a courageous and determined enemy. But there are also incidents of controversy - of unspeakable tragedy, of gross incompetence and negligence at all levels, of men maimed by booby traps and mines, of atrocities, murder, and 'friendly fire' incidents, of 'fragging', and even of cowardice under fire...truly, a crucible in which the character of men at war was fully tested

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