Desperate Praise: The Australians In Vietnam
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the jungles of Phuoc Tuy to the streets of Saigon, Desperate Praise: The Australians in Vietnam presents a raw and unflinching anthology of voices from one of Australia's most controversial military engagements, gathering the personal accounts, poetry, and prose of those who served in the Vietnam War. Edited by John J. Coe, this collection chronicles the Australian soldier's experience with visceral honesty — the fear, the camaraderie, the moral ambiguity, and the profound cost of a war fought far from home, cutting through the political noise to reveal the deeply human stories that official histories so often obscure. The anthology holds significant cultural weight as a document of a generation defined by conflict and division, capturing the tension between duty and doubt that characterized Australia's involvement in Vietnam. Coe's editorial hand is both sensitive and purposeful, weaving together a tapestry of perspectives that argue, collectively, for the importance of remembrance and truth-telling. For those who seek to understand not just the military campaign, but the psychological and emotional landscape of those who lived it, this volume leaves an indelible question: what does it truly cost a nation to send its sons to war?
Author: John J. Coe
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the jungles of Phuoc Tuy to the streets of Saigon, Desperate Praise: The Australians in Vietnam presents a raw and unflinching anthology of voices from one of Australia's most controversial military engagements, gathering the personal accounts, poetry, and prose of those who served in the Vietnam War. Edited by John J. Coe, this collection chronicles the Australian soldier's experience with visceral honesty — the fear, the camaraderie, the moral ambiguity, and the profound cost of a war fought far from home, cutting through the political noise to reveal the deeply human stories that official histories so often obscure. The anthology holds significant cultural weight as a document of a generation defined by conflict and division, capturing the tension between duty and doubt that characterized Australia's involvement in Vietnam. Coe's editorial hand is both sensitive and purposeful, weaving together a tapestry of perspectives that argue, collectively, for the importance of remembrance and truth-telling. For those who seek to understand not just the military campaign, but the psychological and emotional landscape of those who lived it, this volume leaves an indelible question: what does it truly cost a nation to send its sons to war?