Vietnam - the Australian War - Hardcover

Ham, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0732282373 ISBN 13: 9780732282370

Publisher: Harper Collins, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Ham is the author of the highly acclaimed Kokoda (HarperCollins, 2004) and the Australia correspondent of the London Sunday Times. He was born and educated in Australia and lives in Sydney, having spent several years working in Britain as a journalist and publisher.

From AudioFile:

Get ready for an audiobook about the Vietnam War, seen through Australian eyes. The Communist threat loomed ominously to Australia, and Chinese support for the war impelled the Australians to take action at the beginning. Starting with a detailed history of Vietnam as an independent country, then a Chinese colony, and then a French colony gives an excellent background for those new to the subject. Like the author, narrator Peter Byrne speaks the English accent from "down under." Reading with short pauses for quoted material, he avoids theatrical characterizations as there would be too many to add any usefulness to the presentation. With no loss to his impact, he sticks to the detached view used by the author. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0732282373
• ISBN 13: 9780732282370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 748