- Published: 2 July 2021
- ISBN: 9780143790020
- Imprint: Michael Joseph Australia
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $40.00
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The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo
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- Published: 2 July 2021
- ISBN: 9780143790020
- Imprint: Michael Joseph Australia
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $40.00
The incredible, little-known story of Australia’s top secret ‘Z’ operations deep inside Japanese lines in Sarawak in 1945 – aided by Dayak tribes who, with Australian approval, had resumed the ancient practice of headhunting . . . against Japanese patrols. Christine Helliwell records the dying months of the Pacific War, the terror of the Japanese, the world of the indigenous tribes, the intensity – down to the very smell and taste – of this jungle conflict with such menacing immediacy that this book will possess you long after you lay it down. A superb read, brilliantly researched, written in prose as sharp as a machete
Paul Ham