Here's To The Next Man That Dies (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A toast raised in the shadow of death becomes the defining spirit of one man's extraordinary life — Here's To The Next Man That Dies is the unflinching memoir of Philip Opas, OBE, DFC, LLM, PhD, Air Commodore RAAF (ret.), a man who served his country with both sword and pen. The book chronicles Opas's remarkable dual career as a decorated Royal Australian Air Force officer and a distinguished legal mind, weaving together the high-stakes drama of wartime aerial combat with the equally combative theatre of the courtroom. Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Second World War and post-war Australia, this account presents an intimate portrait of courage, camaraderie, and the dark humour that keeps men sane in the face of mortality. Opas writes with the precision of a barrister and the heart of a veteran, delivering a narrative that is at once acutely personal and historically significant. His recollections illuminate the culture of the RAAF — its rituals, its losses, and its resilience — while also casting a sharp light on the evolution of Australian law and society in the twentieth century. The gallows toast of the title, a tradition among airmen who knew each mission could be their last, haunts every page, leaving the reader to wonder: what does a man do with a life he was never supposed to keep?
Author: Philip Opas
Format: Paperback
Published: 1997, Turton-Turner, Hobart Tasmania
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A toast raised in the shadow of death becomes the defining spirit of one man's extraordinary life — Here's To The Next Man That Dies is the unflinching memoir of Philip Opas, OBE, DFC, LLM, PhD, Air Commodore RAAF (ret.), a man who served his country with both sword and pen. The book chronicles Opas's remarkable dual career as a decorated Royal Australian Air Force officer and a distinguished legal mind, weaving together the high-stakes drama of wartime aerial combat with the equally combative theatre of the courtroom. Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Second World War and post-war Australia, this account presents an intimate portrait of courage, camaraderie, and the dark humour that keeps men sane in the face of mortality. Opas writes with the precision of a barrister and the heart of a veteran, delivering a narrative that is at once acutely personal and historically significant. His recollections illuminate the culture of the RAAF — its rituals, its losses, and its resilience — while also casting a sharp light on the evolution of Australian law and society in the twentieth century. The gallows toast of the title, a tradition among airmen who knew each mission could be their last, haunts every page, leaving the reader to wonder: what does a man do with a life he was never supposed to keep?