A Stout Pair of Boots
A guide to exploring Australia's battlefields
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2008
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Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-74175-665-4 (ISBN)
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-74175-665-4 (ISBN)
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From the Western Front, to the Burma-Thailand railway, Kokoda to Gallipoli, the essential guide for travellers to the places where Australian armed forces fought overseas.
More and more Australians are visiting battlefields around the world, from Gallipoli and France to Vietnam. But what do you do when you get there? This essential guide to the Australian battlefields turns a casual visit into a meaningful and purposeful encounter with the past. Ideal for travelers and lovers of history, it enables readers to walk in the footsteps of the ANZACs and make the most of their trip.
More and more Australians are visiting battlefields around the world, from Gallipoli and France to Vietnam. But what do you do when you get there? This essential guide to the Australian battlefields turns a casual visit into a meaningful and purposeful encounter with the past. Ideal for travelers and lovers of history, it enables readers to walk in the footsteps of the ANZACs and make the most of their trip.
Peter Stanley is senior historian at the Australian Museum in Canberra and one of Australia's best-known military historians. He has written a number of books including Tarakan and Quinn's Post.
Foreword Professor David HornerAcknowledgementsIntroduction Sniffing the ground'Part 1Battle-plan: Why battlefield research?Part 2Intelligence briefing: Where to go and whyPart 3Approach march: Planning your tripPart 4Crossing the start-line: On the battlefieldPart 5Stand down: Home againAppendix Some useful phrasesGlossary BibliographyIndex
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | St Leonards |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 195 mm |
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-74175-665-0 / 1741756650 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-74175-665-4 / 9781741756654 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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