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Discuss Vietnam: The Australian War by Paul Ham at the Australia forum within the The Army Rumour Service website; I'm thinking of buying 'Vietnam: The Australian War' by Paul Ham and added it to ...
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26-12-2011, 22:39 #1Senior Member
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Vietnam: The Australian War by Paul Ham
I'm thinking of buying 'Vietnam: The Australian War' by Paul Ham and added it to my amazon wish list this afternoon (I got a nice shiny Kindle for Christmas!). I've read Ham's book on Kokoda and thought it was excellent, is his Vietnam book worth buying or are there better books available on the Australian commitment in Vietnam?
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26-12-2011, 22:46 #2Senior Member
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Sorry, cant think i've ever seen anything on the Aussies, all seems to be about USA and earlier Involvement with the Frogs at Diem Bhen Phu until 1954.
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26-12-2011, 22:50 #3Senior Member
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No worries. I've read a few books about the French in Indochina and can recommend 'Street Without Joy' by Bernard Fall and 'The Last Valley' (can't remember the authors name).
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"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life". (Cecil Rhodes, 1902).
"The game's afoot: Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!'" (Shakespeare, Henry V, act 3, scene 1).
"I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution." (Ulysses S. Grant, 1869).
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Invicta...Why the interest in the Aussies anyway?
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26-12-2011, 22:52 #5Senior Member
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This is worth a look:
The Battle of Long Tan: Amazon.co.uk: Lex McAulay: 9780099525301: Books
Inevitably the SASR involvement seems to have got more sales but this is a non sensational read:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SAS-Phantoms...4936305&sr=1-3
Gary McKay has written some others, eg
Sleeping with Your Ears Open: On Patrol with the Australian SAS: Amazon.co.uk: Gary McKay: 9781865082974: Books
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Depends on what sort of genre re Vietnam ie official history or personal accounts.
On the personal accounts I reccomend the following:
In Good Company: One mans war in Vietnam by Gary McKay (excellent junior officer reading)
Sleeping with your ears open by Gary McKay (Australian SAS soldiers tell their own story of the actions they experienced in Borneo and Vietnam.)
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And of course one of the best (IMO probably the best) Vietnam War films out there:
"The Odd Angry Shot" - YouTube
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26-12-2011, 23:01 #8Senior Member
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If yot want a good read about Vietnam, then I can highly recommend this, Fortunate Son by Lewis B. Puller he saw service with USMC as a Platoon Leader until he stepped on a mine. It won a Pulitzer prize and details his life as an U.S Department of Defence Attorney after med discharge until he blew his head off. In fact google it when you can and have a look mate.
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AATTV website link follows, any number of books here. These are the 'been there, done that' types, if they recommend a book, it's worth reading; http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rc...9Xeb_ilgd4vwYQ
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26-12-2011, 23:39 #10Senior Member
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This is one of the best books on Diggers in Vietnam.
THE TEAM - Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962 - 1972beagleboy likes this.ARAB, STAB...........2 Tribes........1 Army.
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