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Australian soldiers in South Africa and Vietnam : words from the battlefield / Effie Karageorgos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karageorgos, Effie, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury studies in military history.
- Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australians--South Africa--History.
- Australians.
- Soldiers' writings, Australian.
- Soldiers--Australia--Attitudes.
- Soldiers.
- South African War, 1899-1902--Participation, Australian.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Australian.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The South African and Vietnam Wars provoked dramatically different reactions in Australians, from pro-British jingoism on the eve of Federation, to the anti-war protest movements of the 1960s. In contrast, the letters and diaries of Australian soldiers written while on the South African and Vietnam battlefields reveal that their reactions to the war they were fighting were surprisingly unlike those on the home fronts from which they came. Australian Soldiers in South Africa and Vietnam follows these combat men from enlistment to the war front and analyses their words alongside theories of soldiering to demonstrate the transformation of soldiers as a response to developments in military procedure, as well as changing civilian opinion. In this way, the book illustrates the strength of a soldier's link to their home front lives.
- Contents:
- The wars in Australia
- Initial impressions of the war and the war front
- The impact of the military structure
- Morale: the psychology of combat
- Morale: the role of diversions
- Soldiers and the home front.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781474256094
- 1474256090
- 9781472585820
- 1472585828
- 9781472585813
- 147258581X
- OCLC:
- 935925252
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