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Title: Fascinating insights to some of our darkest days
Review: This is a very well researched book that gives a graphic account of the conditions, the bravery, the mistakes and the triumphs of the Australian forces fighting in the early days of the Papua New Guinea campaign. It also shows Australia's problems with political interference from Churchill in England and Roosevelt in the US; how we got landed with McArthur and Blamey ; and how the politicians and senior command were so out of touch with the events at the front. This book should be required reading for all students of modern Australian history; the truth was often censored or twisted at the time and it is only in recent times that balanced versions are coming to light.
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