Some Books About Australia's Involvement in Vietnam

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  RAAF Log
The RAAF at War
 
  RAAF Saga
The RAAF at War
 
  Notes on Operations, Vietnam 1970-71: 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Australia: 7th Bn RAR, c1971
  Seven in Seventy: A pictorial record of Seventh Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1970-71 Brookvale, NSW: Princraft Press for 7th Bn RAR, 1971
  9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment: Vietnam tour of duty, 1968-1969 on active service Brisbane Qld: 9 RAR Assoc, 1992
  Nam, The Vietnam Experience
Volumes 1 - 35
Orbis Publishing Ltd
  Facts about the anti L.B.J. demonstration Melbourne, Vic: Monash University Representative Council [1966]
  "Vietnam, Questions & Answers Sydney, NSW: D.B. Young Pty Ltd [1966]
  Vietnam, the answers: a reply to the Holt government's pamphlet [Sydney, NSW: 1966]
Albinski, Henry S. Politics and Foreign Policy in Australia: The impact of Vietnam and conscription Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1970
Andreson, Lee Battle Notes: Music of the Vietnam War The book details the famous and the infamous songs. It is a treasure trove of obscure titles and a tremendous source of accurate information. A treasure for Vietnam vets. Many period illustrations.

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Barnes, Ian Lyle Australian Gallant and Distinguished Service, Vietnam 1962-73: Being a record of British and foreign decorations awarded to Australian servicemen Canberra ACT: Military Historical Society of Australia, 1974
Basset, Jan Guns and Brooches
Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War
 
Battle, M.R. The Year of the Tigers: The second tour of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 1969-70 Brookvale, NSW: Printcraft Press for 7 Bn RAR, 1970
Beckett, Brian The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War  
Bell, Dana Vietnam
Warbirds in Action
 
Breen, Robert J. The First to Fight: Australian Diggers with New Zealand Kiwis and paratroopers in Vietnam 1965-1966 Sydney NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1988
Brodie, Scott Australia in the Vietnam War  
Buick, Bob with Garry McKay All Guts and No Glory: The Story of a Long Tan Warrior Allen and Unwin
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Burstall, Terry The Soldier's Story
The Battle at Xa Long Tan, Vietnam, 18 August 1966
St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1986
Burstall, Terry A Soldier Returns: A Long Tan veteran discovers the other side of Vietnam St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1990
Burstall, Terry The Australian Dilemma St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1993
Burstall, Terry Policy Contradictions of the Australian Task Force, Vietnam 1966 War and Society
Bushby, Richard Nicholas 'Educating and Army': Australian Army Doctrinal Development and the Operational Experience in South Vietnam, 1965-72 (Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No 126) Published by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1998
Cahart, Tom Great Battles of the Vietnam War  
Cairns, Jim The Eagle and the Lotus: Western Intervention in Vietnam, 1847-1971 Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1971
Cairns, Jim Vietnam: Is It Truth We Want? Melbourne: Victorian Branch of the Labour Party, 1965
Cameron, Martin A Look on the Bright Side Richmond, Vic; Martin Cameron, 1988
Cameron, Martin Australia's Longest War  
Clancy, Bernard Best We Forget Purchase from the VVAA
Clark, Colin Yours Faithfully: A record of service of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in Australia and South Vietnam, 16 February 1969-16 October 1971 Brookvale NSW: Princraft Press for 3rd Bn RAR, 1972
Clunies-Ross, Maj A., editor Grey Eight in Vietnam, The
History of the Eighth Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment November 1969 - November 1970
Brisbane : Eighth Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment,, 1970 
Corbett, Robin Guerilla Warfare
From 1939 to the Present Day
 
Crane, P.J.; Burnard, D.I.; Horsley, K.D.; and Adena, M.A. Mortality of Vietnam veterans.  The veteran cohort study: a report of the 1996 retrospective cohort study of Australian Vietnam veterans Canberra, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 1997
Crane, P.J.; Burnard, D.I.; Horsley, K.D.; and Adena, M.A. Mortality of national service Vietnam veterans.   A report of the 1996 retrospective cohort study of Australian Vietnam veterans Canberra, Department of Veterans' Affairs,, 1997
Darlington, Robert Sudan to Vietnam  
Department of Veterans' Affairs Morbidity of Vietnam Veterans:  A Study of the Health of Australia's Vietnam Veteran Community.  Volume 1 Male Vietnam Veterans Survey and Community Comparison Outcomes Canberra, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 1998
Doyle, Jeff and Grey, Jeffrey Vietnam: War, Myth and Memory: comparative perspectives on Australiaa's war in Vietnam St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992
Doyle, Jeff and Grey, Jeffrey Australia R&R: Representations and reinterpretations of Australia's war in Vietnam Silver Spring, Md: Vietnam Generation & Burning Cities Press, 1991 (Vietnam Generation, 1042-7597, vol 3, no 2)
Ebury, Sue Weary
The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop
 
Edwards, Peter Geoffrey and Pemberton, Gregory Crises and Commitments: The politics and diplomacy of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts 1948-1965 Sydney, NSW:  Allen & Unwin, 1992 (The Official History of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts, 1948-1975, 1)
Edwards, Peter Geoffrey Australia and the crises in Laos, 1959-1961 Canberra, ACT: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1990
English, Mike The Battle of Long Khan Pub by Army Doctrine Br
Fairfax, Denis Navy in Vietnam:A record of the Royal Australian Navy in the Vietnam War, 1965-1972 Canberra, ACT: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1980
Findlay, Patrick Thomas Protest Politics and Psychological Warfare: the communist role in the anti-Vietnam war and anti-conscription movement in Australia Melbourne, Vic: Hawthorn Press [1968]
Flower, Will The Vietnam Story  
Frazer, Michael Nasho  
Frost, Frank Australia's War in Vietnam  
Gettleman, Marvin E, editor Vietnam
History, Documents and Opinions on a Major World Crisis
 
Giblett, Noel Homecomings: Stories from Australian Vietnam veterans and their wives (2nd ed) Canberra, ACT: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1990
Grenville, Kenneth The Saving of South Vietnam Sydney, NSW: Alpha Books, 1972
Guest, Robert The Team in Pictures: A pictorial history of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam 1962-1972 Canberra ACT: National Executive, AATTV Association, 1992
Gurney, Col Gene, USAF (Ret) Vietnam
The War in the Air
 
Hall, Robert A Combat Battalion: The Eighth Battalion in Vietnam Allen and Unwin
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Heeson, T.I. Historical Notes on 1 ALSC WKSP Det RAEME Bien Hoa, South Vietnam 3 May 1965-13 May 1966: A personal view Australia: T.I. Heeson, 1982
Horner, David M. The Commanders: Australian Military Leadership in the Twentieth Century Sydney, NSW: George Allen & Unwin, 1984
Horner, David M. Australian Higher Command in the Vietnam War Canberra ACT: Strategic Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1986
Horner, David M. Duty First: the Royal Australian Regiment in War and Peace North Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1990
Horner, David M. SAS: Phantoms War
A History of the Australian Special Air Service
St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1991
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Hurley, Frank Hurley at War  
Johnson, L.D. The History of 6RAR-NZ (ANZAC) Battalion  Vol 2, 1967 to 1970 Enoggera, Qld: 6 RAR/NZ Bn, 1972
Jordans, Ann-Mari Conscientious Object and the Vietnam War Canberra, ACT: Peace Research Centre Australian National University, 1989
Jury, Mark The Vietnam Photo Book  
Karnow, Stanley Vietnam: A History
The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War
Harmondsworth: Penguin 1983
Keesing's Research Report 5 South Vietnam
A Political History 1954-1970
 
King, P. (ed) Australia's Vietnam: Australia in the second Indo-China war Sydney, NSW: George Allen & Unwin, 1983
Langley, Greg A Decade of Dissent: Vietnam and the conflict on the Australian home front North Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992
Lunn, Hugh Vietnam, A Reporter's War  
Lyles, Kevin Vietnam Anzacs: Australian and New Zealand Troops in Vietnam 1962-72 Osprey PUblishing, UK (to be released 25 May 2004)
Maclear, Michael Vietnam - The Ten Thousand Day War Purchase from the VVAA
Maddock, Kenneth and Wright, Barry War
Australia and Vietnam
Sydney, NSW: Harper and Rowe, 1987
McAulay, Lex The Battle of Long Tan: The Legend of ANZAC Upheld Melbourne, VIC: Hutchinson,, 1986
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McAulay, Lex When the Buffalo Fight Melbourne, Vic: Century Hutchinson Australia, 1987
McAulay, Lex The Battle of Coral
Vietnam Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, May 1968
Melbourne, VIC: Hutchinson Australia, 1988

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McAulay, Lex Contact: Australians in Vietnam Milsons Point, NSW: Hutchinson Australia, 1989
McAulay, Lex The Fighting First: Combat Operations in Vietnam, 1968-69, the First Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1991
McCarthy, Mary Vietnam Harmondsworth, Middlesex (UK): Penguin Books Ltd, 1968
McClelland, James Names of all Australian Armed Forces People Killed in Action 1939 to 1947, Korea 1950 to 1953, Vietnam 1963 to 1973 Silverdale, NSW: James McClelland Research, 1990
McGregor, Alexander (Sandy) No Need for Heros:
The story of 3 Field Troop Combat Engineers attached to 1 RAR on Op Crimp (Cu Chi tunnels) 1965.
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McHugh, Siobhan Minefields and Miniskirts
Australian Women and the Vietnam War
Sydney, NSW: Doubleday, 1993
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McKay, Gary In Good Company
One Man's War in Vietnam
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McKay, Gary Vietnam Fragments Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992
McNeill, Ian G. The Team:  Australian Army advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972 St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press in assoc with the Australian War Memorial, 1984 (reprinted in paperback by University of Queensland Press, 1992)
McNeill, Ian To Long Tan
The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966
St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin in assoc with the Australian War Memorial, 1993
Murphy, John Harvest of Fear: A history of Australia's Vietnam War St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993
Nelson, Robert; Margan, Frank; Breen, Peter; Reid, Stuart; Evans, David A Pictorial History of Australians at War Purchase from the VVAA
Newman, Kevin Eugene The ANZAC Battalion: A Record of the Tour of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Battalion, the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (The Anzac Battalion) in South Vietnam, 1967-68 Brookvale NSW: Printcraft Press, 1968
Ninh, Bao The Sorrow of War  
O'Brien, Michael Conscripts and Regulars
With the Seventh Battalion in Vietnam
 
Odgers, George Pictorial History of the Royal Australian Air Force Brookvale, NSW: Child and Henry Publishing Pty Ltd, 1984
O'Neill, Robert J. Vietnam Task: The 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment 1966-1967 Melbourne, Vic: Cassell Australia, 1968
Pennington, Vic The Team in Vietnam: The lighter side Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, 1992
Pemberton, Gregory All the Way: Australia's road to Vietnam Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1987
Pemberton, Gregory War for the Asking: Australia's Vietnam secrets Purchase from the VVAA
Pemberton, Gregory, editor Vietnam Remembered Sydney, NSW : Weldon, 1993
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Pierce, Peter, Grey Jeffrey, and Doyle, Jeff Vietnam Days: Australia and the impact of Vietnam Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, 1991
Pimlott, John Vietnam
The Decisive Battles
 
Rickards, G.F.B. Twelve in Focus: 12th Field Regiment in South Vietnam 1971.  A memento for all ranks of the tour in South Vietnam Ingleburn NSW: 12th Fd Regt RAA, 1971
Rintoul, Stuart and Bowden, Tim Ashes of Vietnam
Australian Voices sound recording
Sydney, NSW: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1988
Robinson, Anthony, editor Weapons of the Vietnam War  
Rowe, John Vietnam, The Australian Experience North Sydney, NSW: Time-Life Books, Australia in association with John Ferguson, 1987
Ryan, Merv J. Vietnam Conscript Independent Book Publishers, UK, Merv J Ryan - ISBN 0 949795 67 4 - 1st edition 1993 (see http://www.users.bigpond.com/MervNancy/)
Sayce, R.L. and O'Neill, M.D. The Fighting Fourth: A Pictorial Record of the Second Tour in South Vietnam Brookvale NSW: 4th Bn RAR, 1972
Scates, Bob Draftsmen Go Free: A history of the anti-conscription movement in Australia [Richmond, Vic: B.Scates, 1988]
Sexton, Michael War for the asking: Australia's Vietnam secrets Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, 1990
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Shapcott, Jennifer Jane and Smith, Hugh A Bibliography of Armed Forces and Society in Australia Canberra, ACT: Dept of Government, Faculty of Military Studies, University of NSW at the Royal Military College, 1978
Smith, Hugh and Broome, Sue A Bibliography of Armed Forces and Society in Australia, 2nd revised edition Canberra, ACT: Dept of Government, Faculty of Military Studies, University of NSW at the Royal Military College, 1979
Smith, Hugh and Broome, Sue A Bibliography of Armed Forces and Society in Australia, 3rd edition Canberra, ACT: Dept of Government, Faculty of Military Studies, University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy, 1987
Smith, Hugh Conscientious Objection to Particular Wars: The Australian approach Canberra, ACT: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1986
Stuart, R.F. 3 RAR in South Vietnam, 1967-1968: A Record of the Operational Service of the Third Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 12th December 1967-20th November 1968 Brookvale NSW: Printcraft Press, 1968
Thurgar, Jack and Crothers, Richard, compilers Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial  A Photographic History of the Dedication Weekend Canberra, ACT: R.W. Crothers and associates, 1992.  
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Thurgar, Jack and Wright, Charles, compilers Welcome Home
Photographs of the Welcome Home Parade,
3 October 1967
Canberra, ACT: Austwide Communications Pty Ltd, 1988
 
University Study Group on Vietnam Vietnam and Australia: History, documents, interpretations Gladesville, NSW: The Group, 1966
Walters, Ian Dasher Wheatley and Australia in Vietnam Darwin, NT: Northern Territory University Press, 1998
Watt, Sir Alan Vietnam, an Australian Analysis Melbourne, Vic: Cheshire for the Australian Institute of International Affairs [1986]
Webb, J.R., and Drake, L.A. Mission in Vietnam Townsville, Qld: 4th Bn RAR, 1969
Welch, Nick A History of the Sixth Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1965-1985 Enoggera, Qld: 6th Bn RAR,, 1986
Weller, Stuart The Cream of Her Youth Canberra, ACT: Stuart Weller, 1988
Williams, Ian McLean; Wickens, Brian and Sabben, David Vietnam: A pictorial history of the Sixth Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Brookvale, Sydney: R.W. Newton and W. Crooks (Printcraft Press), 1967
Williams, Jean R. Cry in the Wilderness: Guinea Pigs of Vietnam
[Winner Australian Human Rights Award 1996]
186 Coes Creek Road
Nambour, Queensland, Homecoming Press, 1995
Williams, Jean R. The Devils Rainbow: Conscripts. Chemicals, Catastrophe 186 Coes Creek Road,
Nambour, Queensland,
Homecoming Press
Williams, Jean R. Homecoming: Images of Vietnam 186 Coes Creek Road,
Nambour, Queensland,
Homecoming Press
Welsh, Douglas The History of the Vietnam War  

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