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Harvest Of Fear: A History Of Australia's Vietnam War

Autor John Murphy
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 apr 2019
How did fears of the Cold War shape Australian images of Asia? What was the nature of the Vietnamese revolution, which some 50 000 Australian troops failed to reverse in the 1960s? How did a small and marginal peace movement grow into the powerful Moratorium and did it have any impact on the course of the War? Harvest of Fear is a beautifully cra
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367009502
ISBN-10: 0367009501
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 133 x 212 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Author's note -- Introduction -- The colonial order -- Material life in the colonial world -- A colonial polity -- 'A trance of uncertainty, doubt and fear': Australia and Asia in the Cold War -- 1954: To the brink -- Preparing for war -- Ngo Dinh Diem: 'How to revive a war', 1954–1966 -- The logic of intervention: 1957–1964 -- The logics of dissent: 1957–1966 -- 1966: The Cold War mould cracks -- Intervention -- Counter-revolution and the village: 1966–1969 -- Rice, place and revolution -- Morbid Symptoms: Australia, 1967–1969 -- The left revived -- Withdrawal -- The Moratorium -- Things fall apart -- Conclusion -- Appendix

Descriere

This book explores the history of Australia's experience of the Vietnam War. Drawing together a picture of social and political life in colonial and postcolonial Vietnam; an incisive look at Australian Cold War politics and a portrait of the origins and political impact of the Australian anti-war movement.