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Denis Ashton Warner

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Description:As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tellsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not always on horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993. To get started finding Not always on horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia Pty. Ltd.

Release: 1997

ISBN: 1864484675

Description: As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tellsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not always on horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993. To get started finding Not always on horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Not always on horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993

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