Guy Griffiths The Life And Times Of An Australian Admiral

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In his long career in the Royal Australian Navy, Guy Griffiths participated in its emergence from Depression-era stricture, pre-World War II, to its reinvention in the 1950s and 60s as a capable middle-power force centred on aircraft carriers in the missile age. In this time, he personally experienced the RAN's darkest days in the face of the Japanese onslaught and its fi nest hour in the Philippines Campaign of World War II, and its close involvements in the Korean War and then the Vietnam War. He witnessed the realities of war in positions of increasing responsibility. Guy Griffiths: The Life & Times of an Australian Admiral is the authorised biography of Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths AO, DSO, DSC, RAN.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781922454676
Published: May 2021

Number of pages: 314
Width: 160 mm
Height: 235 mm
Depth: 27 mm

Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing