You're Leaving Tomorrow. Conscripts And Correspondents Caught Up In The Vietnam War

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Random House Australia
Publisher Place: North Sydney
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 208 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: The Vietnam conflict was an event that polarised Australian society. While many people supported the governments military response to the threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently opposed our participation in the war. The servicemen who had to undertake active service and the members of the press corps who reported on the action found themselves caught up in the mess and mayhem. Three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a multifaceted look at these turbulent times in this fascinating book.Stuart MacGladrie was a young photographer who spent a nervous three-month tour of duty stationed at Bien Hoa with 1RAR. His photographs record the daily realities for the troops, from showering to going out on patrol, and are published here for the first time. Candace Sutton describes the events of the war from the perspective of the correspondents of the AAP in the combat zones and how the papers of the day presented these accounts and reported also on the turmoil at home. Malcolm Brown shares his experiences of National Service as a young man who was deeply ambivalent both about the war and the peace movement in a moving piece that captures the confusion and upheaval of the moment.

ISBN: 9781741665819