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Fighting the Enemy - Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II (Paperback) Loot Price: R823
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Fighting the Enemy - Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II (Paperback): Mark Johnston

Fighting the Enemy - Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II (Paperback)

Mark Johnston

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Fighting The Enemy, first published in 2000, is about men with the job of killing each other. Based on the wartime writings of hundreds of Australian front-line soldiers during World War II, this powerful and resonant book contains many moving descriptions of high emotion and drama. Soldiers' interactions with their enemies are central to war and their attitudes to their adversaries are crucial to the way wars are fought. Yet few books look in detail at how enemies interpret each other. This book is an unprecedented and thorough examination of the way Australian combat soldiers interacted with troops from the four powers engaged in World War II: Germany, Italy, Vichy France and Japan. Each opponent has themes peculiar to it: the Italians were much ridiculed; the Germans were the most respected of enemies; the Vichy French were regarded with ambivalence; while the Japanese were the subject of much hostility, intensified by the real threat of occupation.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2009
First published: June 2009
Authors: Mark Johnston
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-11995-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 0-521-11995-2
Barcode: 9780521119955

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