Kokoda

Condition remarks:
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.

In the sweltering jungles of Papua New Guinea, a small band of Australian soldiers fought one of the most brutal and strategically vital campaigns of the Second World War — a battle that would come to define a nation's character. Paul Ham's Kokoda chronicles the harrowing 1942 campaign along the treacherous Kokoda Track, where ill-equipped and outnumbered Australian troops clashed with a formidable Japanese force in conditions of almost unimaginable hardship, disease, and psychological torment. Drawing on a vast quantity of primary sources, Ham reconstructs the campaign with meticulous detail, giving voice to the soldiers, commanders, and civilians caught in the grinding struggle for survival and strategic dominance in the Pacific Theatre. Ham writes with unflinching authority, pulling no punches in his assessment of the failures of high command alongside the extraordinary courage of the ordinary digger. Kokoda is more than a military history — it is a profound meditation on sacrifice, leadership, and the social and cultural fault lines that shaped Australia's war experience. Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, this landmark work forces readers to confront uncomfortable truths about heroism, myth-making, and the true cost of a campaign that has become enshrined in the national consciousness.