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Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942 (Hardcover)
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Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942 (Hardcover)
Series: Instructions for Servicemen
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Loot Price R148
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"Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football
creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart,
usually the referee." This is only one of the entertaining and
astute observations the U.S. military provided in the pocket guides
distributed to the nearly one million American soldiers who landed
on the shores of Australia between 1942 and 1945. Although the Land
Down Under felt more familiar than many of their assignments
abroad, American GIs still needed help navigating the distinctly
different Aussie culture, and coming to their rescue was
"Instruction for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942," The
newest entry in the Bodleian Library's bestselling series of
vintage pocket guides, this pamphlet is filled with pithy notes on
Australian customs, language, and other cultural facts the military
deemed necessary for every American soldier.
From the native wildlife--a land of "funny animals"--to the
nation's colonial history to the general characteristics of
Australians--"an outdoors sort of people, breezy and very
democratic"--"Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia"
gives a concise yet amazingly informative overview of the island
nation. Regarding Aussie slang, it notes that "the Australian has
few equals in the world at swearing. . . . The commonest swear
words are 'bastard' (pronounced 'barstud'), 'bugger, ' and 'bloody,
' and the Australians have a genius for using the latter nearly
every other word." The pamphlet also contains a humorous
explanation of the country's musical traditions--including an
annotated text of "Waltzing Matilda"--as well as amusing passages
on sports, politics, and the Aussies' attitudes toward Yanks and
Brits.
A fascinating look at a neglected Allied front in the Southern
hemisphere, "Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia,
1942" follows its successful predecessors as a captivating
historical document of a pivotal era in history.
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