{"product_id":"larrikins-in-khaki-tim-bowden-9781760528546","title":"Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers","description":"With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness, and sticking it up any sign of pomposity, Australian soldiers were a wild and irreverent lot, even in the worst of circumstances during World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLarrikins in Khaki\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Bowden has collected compelling and vivid stories of individual soldiers whose memoirs were mostly self-published and who told of their experiences with scant regard for literary pretensions and military niceties. Most of these men had little tolerance for military order and discipline, and NCOs and officers who were hopeless at their jobs were made aware of it. They laughed their way through the worst of it by taking the mickey out of one another and their superiors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From recruitment and training to the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, New Guinea, Borneo, and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices--warts and all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Bowden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760528544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760528546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Tim Bowden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065809481983,"sku":"9781760528546","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1069f642-06a8-40b1-aea0-7cfe2bfb9af4.jpg?v=1768677424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/larrikins-in-khaki-tim-bowden-9781760528546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}