Australia and the Vietnam War / Peter Edwards.
Australia and the Vietnam War / Peter Edwards.
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Coogee, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2014.
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PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1. Decolonisation and the Cold War in Southeast Asia 1945-50; The decolonisation of Southeast Asia; The Cold War; 2. Australia and Southeast Asia 1945-53; The Chifley Government's foreign and defence policies; The Chifley Gvernment, the Indonesian Revolution and t...
4. Australia and Southeast Asia 1954-60The 'United Action' Crisis; The Geneva Conference; The Creation of SEATO; The Strategic Reserve and the Commitment of Troops to Malaya 1955; Australian Troops and the Emergency 1955-1960; Australia and Vietnam 1955-60; Australia, Indonesia and West New Guinea;...
The two Crises DeepenThe Commitment of a Battalion to Confrontation; The Commitment of Abattalion to Vietnam; The Announcement and Parliamentary Reaction; Reactions at Home and Abroad; Operations in Confrontation; 1RAR at Bien Hoa; The Malaysia-Singapore Split and the Commitment of a Battalion Group...
'All the Way with LBJ'The Commitment Confirmed and Increased; 7. Escalation of the Commitment, Escalation of Controversy 1967; The Escalation of Dissent; The War of Attrition; British Withdrawal, American Pressure; The New Task Force Commander; The Minefield; The Third Battalion; ANZAC in Vietnam; T...
The Task Force 1968-69RAN and RAAF Commitments 1968-69; The 1969 Election; 9. Social Dissent, Political Division and Military Withdrawal 1969-72; The First Australian Withdrawal; The First Moratorium; Task Force Operations 1969-70; The Second Withdrawal, the Civic Action Crisis and a New Prime Minis...
The 'Christmas Bombing' and the Near Rupture in Australia -- US Relations.
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Coogee, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2014.
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[International ed.]
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New South Wales
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2014.
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The Vietnam War was Australia's longest and most controversial military commitment of the twentieth century, ending in humiliation for the United States and its allies with the downfall of South Vietnam. The war provoked deep divisions in Australian society and politics, particularly since for the first time young men were conscripted for overseas...
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Australia and the Vietnam War / Peter Edwards.
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Includes index and bibliography.
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74VKv534VM0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv534VM0y
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ISBN
1742246699 (ebook : edpf)
9781742241678 (ebook : epub)
1742241670 (ebook : epub)
9781742246697 (ebook : edpf)
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959.7043394
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991021714599702626