{"product_id":"great-battles-in-australian-history-used-book","title":"Great battles in Australian history  ** USED BOOK **","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGreat battles in Australian history\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eby (author) \u003cbr\u003eJonathan King\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood (G):\u003c\/strong\u003e Describes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects will be noted on the listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelf Wear \u003c\/strong\u003e- The wear that occurs as a book is placed onto and removed from a shelf. It may be to the tail (bottom) edge of the covers as they rub against the shelf, to the dust jacket or exterior of the covers (when no dust jacket is present) as the book rubs against its neighbors, or to the head of the spine which some use to pull the book from the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Battles in Australian History tells the story of the forty most remarkable conflicts involving Australians through the eyes of the great heroes who were there. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside them, we can ride a horse into battle to save a wounded bugler in the Boer War; charge up the cliffs with the Anzacs at Gallipoli to help forge the legend; ride history's last great cavalry charge with the legendary Light Horse; shoot Japanese planes down as they bomb Darwin; beat off Hitler's Desert Fox, Rommel, with the 'Rats of Tobruk'; escape from a Viet Cong ambush in a tropical downpour, or slide down a rope from a helicopter into the jaws of a Taliban attack in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Many of these great warriors won the Victoria Cross; some died winning it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the heroics and the glory, the devastation that war wreaks is inescapable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a tribute to all the Australian servicemen and women who have fought selflessly for their country over the last two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROD CODE : 9781742374574-C1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khaki \u0026 Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67536112812281,"sku":"9781742374574-C1","price":10.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/files\/9781742374574-C1.jpg?v=1793320254","url":"https:\/\/khaki-green.com.au\/products\/great-battles-in-australian-history-used-book","provider":"Khaki and Green Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}