When Good Men Nothing by Spragg Griffith (9 results)
Language: English
Published by Australian Military History Publications, Sydney, 2003
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, AustraliaAdelaide Booksellers
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Hardback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 297 pages. This book covers the very interesting… life of an average Australian as he gives the reader an introspective look into the mind of a front-line soldier. The author served on the Kokoda Trail during World War Two. Prior to demob he spent six months in a hospital where he came to know a number of men who had been Japanese POWs. As a result he undertook medical studies, ultimately becoming a Psychiatrist. He later had a tour in Vietnam as a psychiatrist with the Australian Force. He has long battled the attitudes of the military, regarding the way it classified and managed men suffering from battle stress.
Language: English
Published by Australian Military History Publications., Sydney, 2003
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xiii, 296pp, index, appendices, references, bibliography, bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Near new. Autobiography. The author enlisted in the AIF in 1941 and served with D Company 2/3 Infantry Battalion in Syria and New Guinea (Kokoda, Aitape-Wewak). Prior to demobilisation he spent… 6 months in 113 Australian General Hospital undergoing treatment for amoebic dysentery. There he met ex-POWs of the Japanese and determined to assist them in any way he could. In 1947 he began medical studies. Size: 4to.
Language: English
Published by Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 2003
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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1st ed. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white photos, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 296 pp. Memoirs of an "average Australian". Griffith Spragg introspects on his eventful life as a frontline soldier (Syria, K…okoda), and later his medical career as he describes being a country GP, then a psychiatrist who was constantly fighting for better state-run medicine.
Language: English
Published by Australian Military History Publications 2003, 2003
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Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, AustraliaDial-A-Book
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Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo. laminated boards, hardcover. 296pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, small crease on rear top cover corner.
Published by AMHP Loftus 2005 revised edition. ISBN 1876439912., 2005
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"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover laminated pictorial boards, 296pp, b&w photos. A little wear to board edges, free corners of boards bumped and chipped, gift inscription centre of front fep; a good copy. The author was a veteran of WWII, and after he returned he began medical studies in 1947. In 1967 he gained a…post graduate degree in psychiatry and worked in various mental institutions including Callan Park. He had a deep involvement in military psychiatry (including dealing with post traumatic stress cases) including a tour to Vietnam to treat battle-damaged men. A large segment of this memoir deals with his work with patients from past wars, and throughout the reader sees how events in his earier years, particularly his own experiences in the Pacific War, influenced his later life and impacted on his treatment of his patients.
Published by Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, New South Wales, 2003
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- First Edition
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First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, xiv, 296 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. First edition. Griffith Spragg's autobiography providing an introspective look into the mind of a front-line soldier. His medical career is equally interesting as he portrays the experiences of a country GP, then a psychiatrist who was constantly fighting…the bureaucracy of state-run medicine.
Published by A. M. H. P. Loftus 2005, 2005
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revised edition pictorial boards Nice Copy octavo xiv + 297pp., b/w pls., appends., index, Author served on the Kokoda Trail during World War Two. Prior to demob he spent six months in a hospital where he came to know a number of men who had been Japanese POWs. As a result he undertook medical studies, ultimately becoming a Psyc…hiatrist. He later had a tour in Vietnam as a psychiatrist with the Australian Forces.
Published by A. M. H. P. Loftus 2003, 2003
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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1st edition pictorial boards As New octavo xiv + 296pp., b/w plates, appends., index, Author served on the Kokoda Trail during World War Two. Prior to demob he spent six months in a hospital where he came to know a number of men who had been Japanese POWs. As a result he undertook medical studies, ultimately becoming a Psychiatr…ist. He later had a tour in Vietnam as a psychiatrist with the Australian Forces.
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Loftus NSW: Australian Military History Publications 2005. Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards. xiv 298pp. With b/w plates and text-illusts. Fine.
