| Description |
x, 453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Summary: "Captain Bullen's war combines the irreverent humour of MASH with the sharp satire of Catch 22 in portraying one manʹs extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. The difference is that neither Captain John Bullen nor his experiences are fictional. Nor was he a reluctant soldier. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and a career soldier in the Australian Army, Bullen commanded the vital map-producing section of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. Alert to the possibility of humour in the bleakest circumstances, he decided to chronicle the events around him. What emerges is one of the most darkly funny and lacerating accounts of the Vietnam War ever written."--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Vietnam |
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Vietnam War |
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Australian Army |
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Army personnel |
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Diaries |
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Autobiography |
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Bullen, John |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Vietnam War (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Bullen, John, 1936-
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Royal Australian Survey Corps.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Task Force (Vietnam), 1st.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam -- Nui Dat
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Biography
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Australia -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
Mens collection
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Biography.
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History.
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Author |
Ham, Paul.
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| LC no. |
2009459200 |
| ISBN |
9780732288433 paperback |
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