The Battle of Coral: Vietnam Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral May 1968

Arrow Books, Sydney, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 361 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. A detailed and masterly account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War. For twenty-six days during May and June 1968 the 1st Australian Task Force fought a series of actions around Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, northeast of Saigon. An overnight switch in war tactics, from patrolling and ambushing to close combat action, where, for the first time in a long while, tanks and artillery support came into their own. A trained fighting force with more than their share of bravery, whose skills and sacrifice stopped the North Vietnamese in their tracks. Lex McAulay's brilliant account of reconstruction is one of the most important books on the Australian soldiers' involvement in the Vietnam War. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australian History; Australia; 1960s - 1970s; History. ISBN: 0091690919. ISBN/EAN: 9780091690915. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10398. . 9780091690915