Australia Remembers – Volumes 1 to 6 – Book Review
This is an excellent series of children’s publications catering for a mid-primary to early secondary school audience.
Lost Women of Rabaul by Rod Miller – Book Review
Lost Women of Rabaul is author Rod Miller’s first publication, and comes after 11 years of research into this subject, plus the associated tragic story of the Montevideo Maru in […]
Negotiating tensions – Examining how Australia has gone to war
At first sight, the title of David Horner’s new book, The War Game, is an uncharacteristically flippant reference by a serious historian to a deadly serious business.
Neil Churches’ The Greatest Escape – A Review
It is over 80 years since the Greek campaign of 1941 yet important firsthand accounts of the campaign continue to emerge.
After the Blood Cools: The Warrior’s Dilemma by Gary McKay, MC – Book Review
Gary McKay is a former Australian Army officer who served as a platoon commander with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.
The Scrap Iron Flotilla By Mike Carlton – Book Review
At the outbreak of war in 1939, the British asked Australia for help and it was, over time, given willingly and in quantity but one of its earliest contributions was […]
Call Sign VAMPIRE – The inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War
Call Sign VAMPIRE, the inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War is an insight to the world of medicine at war told with a mix of […]
Sad joys on deployment by Greg Bruce – Book Review
Sad Joys on Deployment is the memoir of an orthopaedic surgeon1 in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve (RAAFSR) who deployed overseas ten times on operations between 1995 and […]
