Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II
Fighting the Enemy is about men with the job of killing each other. Based on the wartime writings of hundreds of Australian front-line soldiers during World War II, this powerful and resonant book contains many moving descriptions of high emotion and drama. Soldiers' interactions with their enemies are central to war, and their attitudes to their adversaries are crucial to the way wars are fought. This book is an unprecedented and thorough examination of the way Australian combat soldiers...
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A compelling study about men with the job of killing each other during WWII.
AcknowledgmentsConventions and AbbreviationsIntroduction1Pt. IWar in the Middle East1The Italians92The Germans: The Real Enemy263The Germans: Mutual Respect414The Vichy French58Pt. IIWar in the Pacific5The Japanese: Most Encountered, Most Hated736The Japanese: Sources of Hate847The Japanese: Questions of Quality1038The Japanese: Empathy, Compassion and Incomprehension119Conclusion129App. AFifth Columnists136App. BOrders of Battle of Australia's Enemies144Notes147Bibliography184Index199
\ From the Publisher"Johnston has made an important contribution to our understanding of the ways in which Australian soldiers perceived their different enemies in the Second World War." International History Review\ "He offers the ideas and observations of ordinary soldiers on a matter commonly overlooked in war histories that focus on strategy or on the narrative of campaigns." Contemporary Pacific\ \ \
