Captain Bullens War; The Vietnam War Diary of Captain John Bullen

HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble, New South Wales, 2009. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. (2), III-X, (1), 2-453, (1) pages, foreword by editor, introduction by author, glossary, note on style and usage and index. The text is illustrated with small black-and-white photographs and the occasional maps throughout. Plain text cover with white and black titles to the front panel and black and dark purple titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. " Captain Bullen's War combines the irreverent humour of M.A.S.H. with the sharp satire of Catch-22 in portraying one man's extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. The difference is that neither Captain John Bullen nor his experiences are fictional. Nor was he a reluctant soldier. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and a career soldier in the Australian army, Bullen commanded the vital map-producing section of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. Alert to the possibility of humour in the bleakest circumstances, he decided to chronicle the events around him. What emerges is one of the most darkly funny and lacerating accounts of the Vietnam war ever written." -- From the rear panel blurb. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- Vietnam War; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0111281. .