The Resource The Nashos' war : Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam, Mark Dapin
The Nashos' war : Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam, Mark Dapin
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- Summary
- On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from all walks of life: plumbers and dentists, footballers and musicians, Christians and Jews, willing and unwilling. Some spent their two years square-bashing in Singleton. Others went to Vietnam to fight - and die - in Australia's bloodiest battles, including the slaughter at Long Tan. But our ideas of national service contain strange contradictions and inaccuracies: that the draft was unpopular but militarily necessary; that the nashos in Vietnam all volunteered to go to war; and that they were met by protesters and demonstrations on their return to Australia, rather than the huge welcome-home parades reported at the time. Here, Mark Dapin dramatically deconstructs the folklore of Vietnam and national service. Drawing on the accounts of over one hundred and fifty former national servicemen, The Nashos' War tells a vastly more personal and nuanced story of national service and Australia's Vietnam War than that previously heard. Most powerfully, it records with extraordinary intensity what it was like to be a bank clerk one day, and fighting for your life in the jungles of Vietnam soon afterwards
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670077052
- Label
- The Nashos' war : Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam
- Title
- The Nashos' war
- Title remainder
- Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Dapin
- Title variation
- Nashos war
- Title variation remainder
- Australian national servicemen and Vietnam
- Subject
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- trueNational service -- Australia
- National service -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueAustralia -- Armed Forces | Military life | History
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975. -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australian participation
- trueAustralia -- Armed Forces | Recruiting, enlistment, etc
- trueDraft -- Australia -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from all walks of life: plumbers and dentists, footballers and musicians, Christians and Jews, willing and unwilling. Some spent their two years square-bashing in Singleton. Others went to Vietnam to fight - and die - in Australia's bloodiest battles, including the slaughter at Long Tan. But our ideas of national service contain strange contradictions and inaccuracies: that the draft was unpopular but militarily necessary; that the nashos in Vietnam all volunteered to go to war; and that they were met by protesters and demonstrations on their return to Australia, rather than the huge welcome-home parades reported at the time. Here, Mark Dapin dramatically deconstructs the folklore of Vietnam and national service. Drawing on the accounts of over one hundred and fifty former national servicemen, The Nashos' War tells a vastly more personal and nuanced story of national service and Australia's Vietnam War than that previously heard. Most powerfully, it records with extraordinary intensity what it was like to be a bank clerk one day, and fighting for your life in the jungles of Vietnam soon afterwards
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- 1963-
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- Dapin, Mark
- Dewey number
- 355.22363
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- National service
- Draft
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Australia
- Australia
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- Australian national servicemen and Vietnam
- Label
- The Nashos' war : Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam, Mark Dapin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000052967573
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670077052
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), map, portraits
- Label
- The Nashos' war : Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam, Mark Dapin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000052967573
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670077052
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), map, portraits
Subject
- trueNational service -- Australia
- National service -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueAustralia -- Armed Forces | Military life | History
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975. -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australian participation
- trueAustralia -- Armed Forces | Recruiting, enlistment, etc
- trueDraft -- Australia -- History
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