An Unending War: The Australian Army's struggle against malaria 1885-2015 Tapa dura - 2016

Newport [NSW]: Big Sky Publishing, 2016. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), v, 348pp. Text illustrations. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. ISBN 9781925275728

Hardback. New. Malaria is not only the greatest killer of humankind, the disease has been the relentless scourge of armies throughout history. Malaria thwarted the efforts of Alexander the Great to conquer India in the fourth century BC. Malaria frustrated the ambitions of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan to rule all Europe in the fourth and thirteenth centuries AD; and malaria stymied Napoleon Bonaparte's plan to conquer Syria at the end of the eighteenth century. Malaria has also been the Australian Army's continuing implacable foe in almost all its overseas deployments since the Army formed at Federation in 1901. On at least three occasions malaria has halted the Army, bringing it to a standstill and threatening its defeat. The first time was in Syria in 1918, when a malaria epidemic cut a swathe through the Australian-led Desert Mounted Corps. The second time was in Papua New Guinea in 1942-43, when the Army was fighting malaria as well as the Japanese. The third time was in Vietnam in… Leer más

Big Sky Pub, 2018. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 348 pages. 9.50x6.00x1.00 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.