- Title:
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Well Done, Those Men
- Written by:
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Barry Heard
- Read by:
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Barry Heard
- Format:
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Abridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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2 hours 22 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2012
- Available Date:
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June 28 2012
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781743117828
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Autobiography; Memoirs; Vietnam War
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran.
In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. The result is a sympathetic vision of a group of young men who were sent off to war completely unprepared for the emotional and psychological impact it would have on them. It is also a vivid and searingly honest portrayal of the author’s post-war, slow-motion breakdown, and how he dealt with it.
Well Done, Those Men attempts to make sense of what Vietnam did to the soldiers who fought there. It deals with the comic absurdity of their military training and the horror of the war they fought, and is unforgettably moving in recounting what happened to Barry and his comrades when they returned home to Australia.
"As devastating as Heard’s account of the war undoubtedly is, it’s the last third of the book - wherein he returns to a country that seems embarrassed to acknowledge his existence, and tries to deal with his shattered psyche with little support from an uncomprehending family and an ever-decreasing number of friends - that packs the biggest emotional wallop... (However) he manages to elicit laughs amidst the tragedy.’
The Courier Mail