A DECADE OF DISSENT: Vietnam and the Conflict on the Australian Homefront by Langley, Greg - 1992

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1992. xii, + 232pp., intext, b/white halftone plates, plus several cartoon illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped, else very good. Textblock unmarked. The time of the Vietnam War was a time of conflict and change in Australia, as it was in the United States, with widespread protests against the war. Young men were jailed for refusing to fight. The protest movements grew, and in May 1970 moritoriums in Australia drew more than 200,000 people opposing the war and conscription, eventually leading to a Whitlam Labor government after 23 years of conservative rule. This book tells the story of the anti-war movement through the voices of mothers, draft resisters, politicians, students, soldiers and others who took part. Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Introduction, 11 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 425g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.