Thisfictionalized accountbrings to lifethe events thatlead up to the Vietnam War battle of Long Tanthe most famous action fought by the Australian Army during the war. Told from the rarely revealed Vietnamese perspective, this gripping tale claims that the battle of Long Tan disrupted the Viet Cong s plans to force Australia to withdraw from the warwhich would have been a morale disaster for the American troopsand possibly changed the outcome of the war."