A night in the Year of the Monkey – Part 1
The decimation of Australian Army Sappers on standing patrol during the Battle of Fire Support Base Andersen, South Vietnam Tet Offensive 1968.
The road not taken: Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam by Max Boot – Book Review
The Road Not Taken is a biography of the adventurous life of CIA operative Edward Lansdale. It challenges our understanding of the Vietnam War – particularly the reasons why United […]
Our Vietnam Nurses – Compelling Australian stories of heroism, friendship and lives changed forever by Annabelle Brayley – Book Review
This book presents the experiences of fifteen medical personnel who served in South Vietnam in various capacities.
Huể 1968: a turning point of the American war in Vietnam by Mark Bowden – Book Review
Hue 1968 is the story of the centrepiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American war in Vietnam.
In their time of need: Australian overseas emergency relief operations 1918 – 2006 by Steven Bullard – Book Review
In Their Time of Need documents this century-long commitment, focusing on the overseas deployment of defence and other personnel and equipment for broadly humanitarian goals, generally in response to a […]
Destroy and Build – Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–1972 by Thomas Richardson – Book Review
Here is another well-produced volume in the Australian Army History series. Each one of these books- there are now eighteen – is characterised by a high standard of scholarship, excellent […]
Dying for the Truth – The Concise History of Frontline War Reporting by Paul Moorcraft – Book Review
Paul Moorcroft is a writer with four decades of experience in the subject matter covered in Dying for the Truth.
Training for war: the history of Headquarters 1st Division 1914-2014 – by Michael Tyquin – Book Review
Training for War examines the history of Headquarters 1st Division. The 1st Division was first formed in 1914 for service during World War I as a part of the Australian […]
