| Main Title: |
The spirit of Kokoda : then and now / Patrick Lindsay. |
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| Author: |
Lindsay, Patrick
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| Publisher: |
South Yarra, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, |
| Collation: |
xiii, 193 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, portraits, pbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
Australian Army structure 1942 -- Prologue -- God's garden -- Here we go again -- At our doorstep -- No give in -- In the nick of time -- Survival -- War's random selection -- The tide turns -- Against the odds -- Lest we forget -- Swan songs -- Full circle -- Lessons from the track -- A virtual trek.
"Australia lost its innocence in 1942. Japan had conquered Asia and the Pacific,and were at our doorstep. Our finest troops were fighting in the Middle East. All that stood between the Japanese onslaught and our homeland was a handful of 18-year-old militia troops who had never fired a shot in anger."--book jacket. |
| Subject: |
Australian Army
World War, 1939-1945
Military history
Kokoda Track (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea
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| ISBN: |
1740640705 : |
| Notes: |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 187-188.
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