
The Nashos' War: Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam
australia's national servicemen and vietnam
$26.11
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2017
Summary
The Nashos’ War: Untold Stories of Australia’s Vietnam Conscripts
The untold story of the ordinary Australians conscripted to fight in our most controversial war, by one of our most celebrated journalists.
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho’s birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63,740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780670078622 |
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ISBN-10: | 067007862X |
Author: | Mark Dapin |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
Imprint: | Viking Australia |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 480 |
Release Date: | 16 July 2017 |
Weight: | 364g |
Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Mark Dapin
Mark Dapin (Author)
Mark Dapin is the author of the novels King of the Cross and Spirit House. King of the Cross won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, and Spirit House was long listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year and the Royal Society for Literature’s Ondaatje Prize. His recent work of military history, The Nashos’ War, has been widely acclaimed. He is a PhD candidate at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Saskia Adams (Author)
Saskia Adams is a freelance writer and editor. She spent ten years working at Penguin Books before her ever-increasing number of rescue animals necessitated a treechange to the Yarra Valley. In 2011 Saskia co-founded Forever Friends Animal Rescue Inc., which has already saved and rehomed over a thousand dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from death row in pounds and shelters. Her previous books include Unconditional Love- PetRescue’s Great Animal Stories and PetRescue’s Amazing Dog Stories.
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