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y separately published work icon We Took Their Orders and Are Dead : An Anti-War Anthology anthology   poetry   short story   extract   biography   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 We Took Their Orders and Are Dead : An Anti-War Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Ure Smith , 1971 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Child of Our Timei"The world is yours, and you must take", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 75-76)
Bamboo Tigeri"Bamboo grew", Michael Dugan , single work poetry (p. 77)
Marshal Ky in Australia: A Postscripti"Sometimes, to fool the people, most of the people,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry satire war literature (p. 78-79)
Death in a Ricefieldi"Young Texas soldier,", Len Fox , single work poetry (p. 79-80)
During the Bombing : 1967i"Poplars, in this rain at night,", Robert Gray , single work poetry (p. 80-82)
Detail from Four Incidentsi"1562", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 82-84)
The Retreati"As he moved down the field,", J. S. Harry , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
The Poachersi"the pole in dark spaces over the shoulder", Kris Hemensley , single work poetry (p. 86)
Picasso's `Girl with Dove'i"The girl in the blue dress with the dove in her arms", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 87)
Missing in Vietnami"Two twisted guns, a trace", Charles Higham , single work poetry (p. 87-89)
Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 89)
The Competitioni"the best kid", Garrie Hutchinson , single work poetry (p. 90)
A Running Wari"A running war is like a running wound,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 91-92)
On a Melbourne Pavement, David Martin , single work short story (p. 93-94)
Dell Goes into Politics, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story (p. 95-106)
From Let's Hear It for Prendergast : A Novel, Barry Oakley , extract novel (p. 107-113)
To the Gutless Wonders, Alan Seymour , single work essay satire

'A  creative opinion piece in the style of a lecture to the younger generation, full of tongue-in-cheek advice, warnings and cynicism.'  (Publication abstract)

(p. 114-118)
What Goal in Mind? (Two Societies), Christina Stead , single work prose (p. 119-130)
[Untitled] (from A Horse of Air), Dal Stivens , extract (p. 131-134)
Neighboursi"I'm not sure how it started", Paul Kavanagh , single work poetry (p. 135-136)
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