First Victory
the hunt for the german raider emden
$33.57
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2014
Summary
First Victory: HMAS Sydney vs. Emden
HMAS Sydney’s hunt for the German raider, Emden.
When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace.
Under a year later Australia had gone to war in what was seen as a noble fight for king, country and Empire. Thousands of young men joined up for the adventure of having ‘a crack at the Kaiser’. And indeed the German threat to Australia was real, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742757643 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742757642 |
| Author: | Mike Carlton |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | William Heinemann Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 686g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 38mm |
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About The Author
Mike Carlton
Mike Carlton worked in Australian media for more than fifty years in radio, television, and newspapers. He began as a cadet journalist at the ABC, became a war correspondent in Vietnam, and was the ABC’s Bureau Chief in Jakarta. He also reported for the ABC from London, New York, and major Asian capitals. In television, he worked on the ABC’s This Day Tonight in the 1970s and for Nine Network News and A Current Affair.
In 1980 Mike turned to talk radio, first in Sydney then in London, where he won a Sony Radio Academy award in 1993 for Britain’s best talk breakfast show. His radio satire on current affairs, Friday News Review, was ‘must listening’ in Australia and the UK.
For many years he wrote a popular weekly column for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mike has had a life-long passion for naval history and is the author of Cruiser, First Victory, Flagship, The Scrap Iron Flotilla and Dive!. In 2025 he received a Navy Gold Commendation for his outstanding commitment and contribution to the Royal Australian Navy.
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