War for the asking : Australia's Vietnam secrets
Sexton, Michael, 1946-1981
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Looks at: Australia's early volunteering of combat troops; Australia's urging of the Americans to escalate the war by bombing North Vietnam; and Australia's indifference to the wishes of the South Vietnamese government.
Main title:
War for the asking : Australia's Vietnam secrets / by Michael Sexton
Author:
Imprint:
Ringwood Vic Penguin Australia 1981
Collation:
212 pages illustrations
Notes:
Francis James Collection
Contents:
The search for security: Vietnam and Australian history - The first twenty years: The French and Americans in Vietnam, 1944-1964 - A distant domino: Australia and Vietnam 1950-1964 - The germ of an idea: November-December 1964 - See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: Parliament, the public services and the press - By invitation only: March-April 1965 - The final days: 22-29 April 1965 - Aftermath: Australian foreign policy in the 1980s
ISBN:
0140059091
Dewey class:
959.7043
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
101278
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 959.7043 WAR | Available |