A Journal of Maps abstract
discusses the 1st Australian Task Force in the Vietnam War from 1966
to 1971. The author states that the
Australians pursued a counterinsurgency campaign and engaged in thousands of
seemingly inconsequential battles.
However, by mapping the battles, a picture emerges as to the importance
and meaning of the battles engaged in and the results can be used by today’s
commanders to better wage campaigns.
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1967 - Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) dog handlers in Vietnam. Private
Thomas Douglas Blackhurst of
Swansea, NSW (left), with Justin and L Cpl Norman Leslie Cameron of Kingston, SA, (right) with Cassius.
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The Bryn Mawr Classical Review provides a full
book review of Marathon the Day After: Symposium Proceedings, Delphi 2-4
July 2010, edited by Kostas Buraselis and Elias Koulakiotis. The book assembles 16 essays which deal with many aspects of the ancient Greek Battle of Marathon (490BC). The essays touch on the battle itself, the
politics involved, the political and cultural effects of the battle in Greek
history, Roman history and other cultures over time. Some essays also discuss the cultural and political effects of
the battle on other countries such as Iran, Britain and Japan. Overall, the reviewer says the essays are
written by preeminent scholars and that the book is important for the study of
the battle.
1869 Painting by Luc-Olivier Merson of Pheidippides, the Athenian herald said to have run to Athens to announce Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon only to die of exhaustion
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