In the line of fire : real stories of Australians at war, from Gallipoli to Vietnam / Rex Sadler and Tom Hayllar.

Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 2005.

x, 358 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

'In the line of fire' explores the nature of combat from the perspective of the men doing the actual fighting. From the heights of Gallipoli to the trenches of the Western Front, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungle POW camps of the Thai-Burma Railway, from the savage cold of a Korean winter to the steamy heat of Vietnam this book details what it's really like to be in the line of fire. Also it reveals the experiences of Australian women at war and the combat photographers.

English

March 23, 2005

Includes bibliographical references : p. 345-346.