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Author Coe, John J.

Title Desperate praise : the Australians in Vietnam / edited by John J. Coe
Published Perth, W.A. : Artlook Books, [1982]
©1982

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Description 137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents 1. Why go back? -- 2. Morning in Hanoi -- 3. "I am not a Russian" -- 4. MIAs and the Swedish disco -- 5. Dragons from the sky -- 6. The targets of Nam Dinh -- 7. Phat Diem " "Everybody did it" -- 8. Marching off to war -- 9. Talking with generals -- 10. Tan Trao, where it all began -- 11. Diplomatic misunderstandings -- 12. Ghosts in the zoo -- 13. American boys -- 14. All quiet at the DMZ -- 15. An argument in Hue -- 16. The girl at Marble Mountain -- 17. "Number one!" -- 18. The best weapon -- 19. My enemy, my self -- 20. The road to Hill 10 -- 21. The same Saigon -- 22. Boats along the Mekong -- 23. Dancing in the dark -- 24. A My Lai survivor and the white Viet Cong -- 25. At the end of the tunnel -- Epilogue -- Essay on sources
Analysis Vietnamese wars. Participation of Australia, 1965-1972. Personal observations
Notes ISBN 0864450400 misprinted in book
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal accounts
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australia.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives.
War.
Armed Conflicts.
Warfare.
SUBJECT Vietnam -- History -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143263
Vietnam. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032186
Vietnam. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014744
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
Author Coe, John J.
LC no. 83198928
ISBN 0864450222 (corrected)
0864450400 (paperback)