Training the bodes : Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions - a postscript to the Vietnam War / Terry Smith. Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions- a postscript to the Vietnam War

Collection type	Library
Author	Smith, Terry, author.;
Call Number	959.70433596 S662t
Document type	Monograph
Year	2011. 2011.
Pagination	214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Big Sky Publishing, Big Sky Publishing,
Note	Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references and index. By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained, and woefully led Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties inflicted by North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong units.
Place made	Newport, N.S.W. : Newport, NSW :

Abstract

1. The war in Cambodia and developments in Vietnam - 1969-72 -- 2. Australia''s role in the FANK training programme -- 3. Delivering the FANK training programme -- 4. Life in the FANK training battalion camps -- 5. Training outside the wire -- 6. The FANK training programme ends -- 7. Was it worth it? A personal view.