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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The War Within
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'At the age of nineteen, Don Tate volunteered for duty in the Vietnam War. This is his story - of the trouble-strewn path to manhood in the shadow of his father, a violent petty criminal, surviving horrific war injuries and years of hospitalisation, and struggling to find a place in a society that did not want to recognise his military service for his country and seemed intent on excluding him. Ultimately, it's a story of one man's attempt to reconcile the vagaries of faith and circumstance as they are played out in life, and the love of a woman who stuck by him through thick and thin.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To my wife, Carole, who gave me her hand, and her heart, and for my grandchildren - Lauren, Jake, Jordan, Madison, Elliot and Georgia...and those to come.
  • Epigraph: 'I will not cease from mental fight,
    Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand...' (From Jerusalem, William Blake.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pier 9 , 2008 .
      Extent: 461p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Reprinted: 2008
      ISBN: 9781741962093
    • Bloomington, Indiana,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      iUniverse, Inc ,
      2012 .
      Extent: xvi, 457 pp.
      ISBN: 9781475920413 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Books Non-Fiction Ian McPhedran , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 August 2008; (p. 25)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
Vietnam Veteran Seeks Peace in His Time Peter Pierce , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 37)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Sharon Athanasos , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 55)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Sharon Athanasos , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 55)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
Vietnam Veteran Seeks Peace in His Time Peter Pierce , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 37)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
Books Non-Fiction Ian McPhedran , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 August 2008; (p. 25)

— Review of The War Within Don Tate , 2008 single work autobiography
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