Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam

by Leon Davidson

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black dog books' award-winning history series The Drum uses first-person accounts and non-fiction to bring history roaring to life.

The Vietnam War was like no other the Australians and New Zealanders had fought. There was no front-line, no safe zone, no glory. In the jungles the Vietcong seemed to be everywhere, and nowhere — and winning.

To find the Vietcong, a country was torn apart. In questioning why they were there, Australia and New Zealand almost tore themselves apart.

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Honour Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2007 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards

Winner
Elsie Locke Award, 2007 Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa Children's Book Awards

FInalist
Non-Fiction Award, 2007 New Zealand Post Book Awards

Reviews

This well-designed book will provide a valuable resource for young people for whom the Vietnam War is ancient history... This is good training for children to learn to question ‘truth’ in history.

— Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 2007 (Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Shortlisting)

Well focused, undistracted account of the origins and nature of the war... Davidson puts the reader at one with the soldiers... a compelling book written with a deft touch.

— Viewpoint

Leon Davidson’s Red Haze shows what the war was like for the people who actually experienced it.

— Good Reading

Davidson is fair-minded and has no trouble conceding the military superiority of the Vietcong

— The Sydney Morning Herald

This is a well written book, presenting both sides in accessible language for teens.

— Otago Daily Times

Red Haze is a valuable introduction to a conflict otherwise not often found in books for younger readers

— The Sunday Age

Red Haze is a valuable edition to the middle school library

— Classroom

Red Haze provides a valuable insight into the Australian and New Zealand role in the Vietnam War