ALAMEIN : THE AUSTRALIAN STORY

Author(s): MARK JOHNSTON AND PETER STANLEY

Fiction

In North Africa in 1942, Australian forces provided the hinge on which the success of the Western Alliance sung. This book relates how the 9th Australian Division came to take part in the crucial battles around El Alamein in the summer of 1942. The authors have drawn on letters, diaries and other contemporary sources.

General Information

  • : 9780195516302
  • : Oxford University Press Australia
  • : OUP Australia and New Zealand
  • : 0.635
  • : 01 October 2002
  • : Australia
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : MARK JOHNSTON AND PETER STANLEY
  • : Hardback
  • : OCT02
  • : 940.5423
  • : 326
  • : maps

More About The Product

Exxellent new study ... Mark Johnstone and Peter Stanley's book demonstrates the strengths of modern Australian military history ... At lease five books on the battle appeared in 2002, but Alamein: The Australian Story is by far the most scholarly and significant. Gary Sheffield, Times Literary Supplement