Description: Further DetailsTitle: Operation BabyliftCondition: NewSubtitle: The incredible story of the inspiring Australian women who rescued hundreds of orphans at the end of the Vietnam WarISBN-10: 0733642241EAN: 9780733642241ISBN: 9780733642241Publisher: Hachette AustraliaFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/28/2019Description: In late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety. Rosemary and Margaret Moses, two former nuns from Adelaide, had spent eight years in Vietnam during the war, building up a complex of nurseries to house war orphans and street waifs as the organisation that built up around them facilitated international adoptions for the children. As the North Vietnamese forces closed in on their nurseries, they needed a plan to evacuate the children, or all their work might count for little ... Based on extensive archival and historical research, and interviews of some of those directly involved in the events described, Operation Babylift details the last month of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the most vulnerable victims of that war: the orphans it created. Through the story of the attempt to save 600 children, we see how a small group of determined women refused to play political games as they tried to remake the lives of a forgotten generation, one child at a time.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: AUItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 420gAuthor: Ian W. ShawGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Operation Babylift
Title: Operation Babylift
Subtitle: The incredible story of the inspiring Australian women who rescue
ISBN-10: 0733642241
EAN: 9780733642241
ISBN: 9780733642241
Release Date: 05/28/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Book Title: Operation Babylift : The Incredible Story of the Inspiring Australian Women Who Rescued Hundreds of Orphans at the End of the Vietnam War
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Children's Studies, Military / Vietnam War, Australia & New Zealand, Volunteer Work, Adoption & Fostering
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Author: Ian W. Shaw
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
