To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966

“A policy of forward defence against communist expansion in Asia resulted in new alliances and strategies which brought great changes to the Australian Army. These new directions and perspectives together with events in Southeast Asia led inexorably to the commitment of forces to Vietnam alongside those of the United States of America – Australia for the first time going to war without Britain. This volume explains the changes in the Army and follows the experience of the initial forces to Vietnam, first the advisors, then one battalion in 1965, then a task force in 1966. It culminates in the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966 and its immediate aftermath which established the 1st Australian Task Force in Phuoc Tuy province”. (Extract from the Preface)

Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date Published: 1993
Book Condition: Very good hardcover with minor shelf wear to bottom boards. Minor surface and edge wear and a small closed tear to the top edge of dust jacket near spine, that has been repaired with document repair tape. Otherwise, the book remains clean and unmarked internally.