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For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know the names of the men who fought on the track, or even the details of what happened. More Australians died in the months of fighting in Papua, than in any other campaign of World War II. Now bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, and moving, style for all Australians.Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia, where a small force of young, ill-equipped Australians engaged a highly experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track. Again and again, the outnumbered Australians risked everything to stop the Japanese from advancing along the track towards mainland Australia.Kokoda is a superb blend of authority and gripping storytelling history at its best.
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A superb blend of authority and gripping storytelling - history at its best.
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This gripping and bestselling account of the Kokoda campaign is now available in a superbly packaged, hardback gift edition, illustrated with almost 150 photographs. Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia - a small force of young, ill-equipped Australians engaged a highly experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track and defeated them. A bestseller in both hardback and paperback, this edition is illustrated with photos of what it was really like - many taken from the prize-winning work of Australian cameraman Damien Parer. He risked his life to capture the reality of what these Australian soldiers endured and achieved.
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Kokoda
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Seller rating 1 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Photios, Maps (illustrator). First Illustrated. When Peter Fitzsimons' account the battles on the Kokoda Trail (he prefers Trail to Track) was published in 2004 it was an immediate success with readers. Such was the response --- almost as if Aussies were reminded of the immense debt they owed to those who fought and died there stemming the Japanese Army's invasion tide from reaching the shores of Australia --- that the book was reprinted five times in 2004, once in 2005 when a paperback edition was released, this, in turn, being reprinted 13 times by 2008. That year fhis first illustrated edition of "Kakoda" was released, with more than 100 b/w photos included, mainly taken by photographers attached to the Australian Army in New Guinea. Paul Keating, a former Prime Minister, has said that for Australians the battles in New Guinea "were the most important ever fought " while a historian of the New Guinea campaign said "surely no war was ever fought under worse conditions than these. Surely no war has ever demanded more of a man in fortitude. Even Gallipoli or Crete or the desert." The author of " Kokoda" has presented a masterful account of this terrible conflict, which saw largely under-trained Aussies sent to oppose a fanatical enemy, with excellent training for jungle warfare, who were as determined to advance as were their opponents to prevent that. Nature provided the most horrible conditions to add to the perils of battle --- near vertical terrain, with dense jungle vegetation, constant rain, tropical heat by day, cold at night, unhealthy conditions all around --- not including bullets, bayonets and shells. Added was an enemy skilled at jungle warfare, largely invisible and often better supplied than the Aussie troops, whose ammunition, food and averything else, had to be carried by man-power over steep and muddy tracks.and the wounded went out the same way. In the end sheer guts, determination, perserverance, courage and heroism was to prevail, but one can today only wonder "how?" Peter Fitzsimons' wonderful history tells how, and why. First printing of the illustrated edition of 2008 published by Hatchette, 279 pages including bibliography, notes and index, b/w photos throughout, few maps at front, colour tone pictorial e/papers. Dark green hard covers with silver spine titles are NF, as is the text block, no insctiptions. Pictorial DJ also NF. Unpacked weight almost 1.3kg; would require additional postage for offshore delivery. Seller Inventory # 004768
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Kokoda
Seller: Bookies books, Boyanup, WA, Australia
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Book condition is near fine. Hard cover. Dust jacket very. Front and back cover of dust jacket and book board clean. Book block clean. Spine intact. Overall a great copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1658067118328
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Kokoda: Illustrated edition
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Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2008
ISBN 10: 073362314X
ISBN 13: 9780733623141
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Seller: Global Village Books, Bundall, QLD, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. xxxii,479pp, index, maps. Over a 100 photos, many by Damien Parer in this edition. Gift inscription else vg copy Size: Small 4to. Seller Inventory # 323737
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Kokoda
Seller: Bookies books, Boyanup, WA, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book condition is near fine. Hard Cover . Dust jacket clean and near fine. Text body clean. Book block clean. Over all an excellent copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1656284052879
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Kokoda by Peter FitzSimons
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Hachette Australia, Sydney NSW, 2008
ISBN 10: 073362314X
ISBN 13: 9780733623141
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Hardcover
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent. Dust jacket has some creasing to edges. Small tear to tail left corner of back cover has been protected with book tape. Illustrated edition includes over100 photographs. Kokoda follows in the footsteps of the heroes and villains of the campaign in the Papua New Guinea jungle. As well as bringing the ragged, bloody heroes of the Australian Army to life, this book gives the perspective of the crack Japanese troops and the extraordinary local people as well. Seller Inventory # TBM9780733619625C12
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KOKODA Illustrated Edition
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First thus. Brought to life with over 100 photos, 5 maps, pictorial endpapers, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 240 x 190mm; xxii, 479 pages. Seller Inventory # 25165
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Kokoda
Seller: PKRD, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very close to new condition with no damage or markings to book and only very light wear to dust jacket. 2008 hardback edition. The photo is of the actual book you will receive. Fast dispatch, normally within 24 hours, by UK seller. Seller Inventory # 14614
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Kokoda
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Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2008
ISBN 10: 073362314X
ISBN 13: 9780733623141
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Hardcover
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 7¼" (1.4 kg); pp (xxiv) 479; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Maps; Photographic end papers & blanks; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #182352 ||. Seller Inventory # 182352
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