by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
bravest how some of australia’s greatest war heroes won their medalsonly 96 australians have been awarded the vc – and 14 the george cross – in conflicts from the boer war to vietnam.but what is it that makes these remarkable soldiers to risk...
by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
the battle of brisbane for two days in november 1942, the city of brisbane became a war zone when australian servicemen attacked american troops. at the height of savage fighting on thanksgiving day, an american military policeman shot dead an australian war hero and...
by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
kill the tiger in the last few months of 1944, a group of british and australian commandos set off on the biggest behind-the-lines operation of the pacific war. their mission: to devastate singapore harbour by destroying the japanese ships at anchor. operation rimau...
by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
keep off the skyline keep off the skylineescaping a violent home life, private ron cashman had just turned 19 when he was pitched into the front line of the korean war. over the next two years he fought with the diggers in one of the pivotal wars of the twentieth...
by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
war babies in war babies, robert macklin is amusingly true to the absurd comedy of growing up. but that is only one dimension of what is ultimately a moving and representative story that conveys the unique uncertainties and insecurities of the generation born in the...
by robert@robertmacklin.com | Apr 25, 2012 | My Books
the life and adventures of morrison of china morrison of china is the compelling story of ‘morrison of peking’, who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as...
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