General Vasey's war

著者

• Horner, D. M. (David Murray)

書誌事項

General Vasey's war

David Horner

Melbourne University Press, 1992

• : hbk

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

"General Vasey's war" is a wonderful insight into a great Australian. It analyzes Vasey's military performance and draws on interviews with numerous men and women who knew or served with him. But more than this, it allows us to share his private thoughts, disappointments, triumphs, hopes and cares. To many, "Bloody George" was a hard-bitten professional soldier, technically competent and tactically proficient. But through the remarkable collection of letters to his wife, Jessie, we get inside the mind of this successful commander. The picture that emerges is one that his closest comrades knew -- a compassionate and humane commander who genuinely cared for the well-being of his men. Major-General Vasey "was" one of Australia's great fighting leaders of the Second World War, and one of the Army's outstanding personalities. He and his troops were instrumental against the Germans in Greece in 1941, and against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1942. He was killed in an aircrash near Cairns in March 1945 while flying back to New Guinea to take command of the 6th Division. "David Horner is on the staff of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. He is the author or editor of eight books on Australian military history, strategy, command and defence policy, including "The commanders". A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he served as a platoon commander in Vietnam and in a variety of regimental and staff postings in a military career of over twenty-five years.".

目次

• " Doing extremely good work " First World War experience, 1895--1919
• " Daddy's brigade did the best of all "Twenty years a Major, 1919--1939
• " How terrible is this leaving " The advance party, December 1939--February 1940
• " George has accomplished a remarkable job " The arrival of the 6th Division, February--September 1940
• " A new lease of life " Preparing for action, September--December 1940
• " My time has come at last " The Libyan campaign, January--March 1941
• " I'll show you how to run a war " The 19th Brigade in Greece, April 1941
• " These damned Huns won't catch me " Australian Commander in Crete, April--June 1941
• " I'm as frightened as the next fellow " Retraining in Palestine, June--September 1941
• " Rather a fine Xmas present " Defending Syria, October--December 1941
• " What we told you was our present plan " The defence of Australia, January--July 1942
• " This is a war of nerves " Advanced land headquarters, August--September 1942
• " I've had enough of staff jobs " GOC 6th Division, Port Moresby, September--October 1942
• " The answer is speed of thought " The 7th Division at Kokoda, November 1942
• " I fear a war of attrition " Gona and Sanananda, November 1942--January 1943
• " I need a double staff " On the Atherton Tableland, February--July 1943
• " We are underpaid cinema actors " In the Markham Valley, August--September 1943
• " These wonderful men I command " Ramu Valley and Shaggy Ridge, October 1943--February 1944
• " Look after the war widows " A troubled year of home service, March 1944--March 1945
• " If I ever loved a man " The legacy of a commander

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA84131537
• ISBN:
  • 0522844626
• 出版国コード: at
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Carlton, Vic.
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 364 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm