Title Training the bodes : Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions - a postscript to the Vietnam War / Terry Smith

Published Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2011 Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2011

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Description 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Australian Army history collection New Items Australian Army history collection. Contents 1. The war in Cambodia and developments in Vietnam - 1969-72 -- 2. Australia's role in the FANK training programme -- 3. Delivering the FANK training programme -- 4. Life in the FANK training battalion camps -- 5. Training outside the wire -- 6. The FANK training programme ends -- 7. Was it worth it? A personal view Summary By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained, and woefully led Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties inflicted by North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong units Analysis Armies Australian Australian Army Cambodia Chronology History International cooperation Training Vietnam War Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Australia. Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- Australia. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Cambodia. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Cambodia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014970 Cambodia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014970 -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002455 -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 Cambodia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014970 -- Armed Forces. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002455 Cambodia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014970 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 LC no. 2016498915 ISBN 9781921941016 (hbk.)

Other Titles Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions- a postscript to the Vietnam War

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