| Description |
ix, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Prologue-we make and we break...everywhere -- The team -- The original tunnel rats -- Tunnels and bunkers -- Splinter teams and mini-teams -- On patrol -- The more things change... -- Foot soldiers -- Coral, balmoral and beyond -- Know your enemy -- Landmines don't take sides -- The song that shook a nation -- With tanks... -- Black Saturday -- Clearing the minefields -- Sin city -- The tethered goat -- Land-clearing -- Building bridges -- Hearts, minds...and a little bear -- They also serve... -- Sappernuity -- Funny you should say that... -- The final days -- Afterword-sappers saluted -- Praise indeed -- The war that never ends -- Sappers still clearing mines -- Sapper sources and other reading |
| Summary |
They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. This is the story of the Sappers in Vietnam |
| Analysis |
Army personnel |
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Australian |
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Australian Army |
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History |
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Military history |
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Vietnam War |
| Notes |
Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| SUBJECT |
Warfare and history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95000413
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| Subject |
Military engineers -- Australia.
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Military engineers.
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Military history.
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Tunnels -- Vietnam -- Cu Chi (Quan)
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Tunnels -- Vietnam -- Cu Chi (Quaṇ̂)
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Tunnels -- Vietnam -- Cu Chi (Quận)
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Tunnels -- Vietnam -- Củ Chi.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Military engineers
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives.
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Tunnels -- Vietnam -- Cu Chi (Quan)
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| Author |
MacGregor, Sandy, 1940-
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| ISBN |
1743310552 (paperback) |
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9781743310557 (paperback) |
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