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Author Lennox, Gina.

Title Forged by war : Australians in combat and back home / Gina Lennox
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2005

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 W'PONDS  355.00994 Len/Fbw  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 326 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents 'Only the dead have seen the end of war' -- Part I: Drops of blood in a pond of water -- War in Afghanistan [2001- ] and Iraq [2003 -- ] and UN deployments from 1989 -- Part II: Generations of war -- Families with veterans from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War -- Part III: As the call, So the echo -- Aftermath of the Vietnam War
Summary Opening with an account of an SAS veteran's involvement in the 2002 Afghanistan conflict and the subsequent invasion of Iraq, then broadening out through earlier conflicts, Lennox's groundbreaking book touches the core of meaning in every major war Australians have served in since World War II and several peace-keeping missions too
Analysis Veterans
Wars
Social impact
Spouses
Biography
Notes Contains a chapter by Graham Edwards, Parliamentary Author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326)
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL Ebook Library
Subject Military dependents -- Australia.
Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Australia.
Veterans -- Australia.
Families of military personnel -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
Genre/Form Military collection
History.
Military history.
Author Edwards, Graham. War and politics
ISBN 0522851711 :
Other Titles Australians in combat and back home