Ted Serong: The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert (The Australian Army History Series)
by Blair, Anne
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0195515927
- ISBN 13
- 9780195515923
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 2004-11-11. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 2002 Oxford University Press (Victoria, Australia), 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches tall green cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, white lettering to spine, orange endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, x, 238 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~VVV~ [2.0P] Ted Serong (1915-2002) was one of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare. Yet the extent of his achievements is little known in the country of his birth. This major new biography by Anne Blair explores the fascinating career of the Australian Army's most mysterious commander.
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- Flamingo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VVV-0912-12263
- Title
- Ted Serong: The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert (The Australian Army History Series)
- Author
- Blair, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0195515927
- ISBN 13
- 9780195515923
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Vic, Australia
- Date Published
- 2004-11-11
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