Over sexed, over paid and over here … again? Americans on R&R in Vietnam-era Sydney
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Dixon, Chris and Piccini, Jon. (2022). Over sexed, over paid and over here … again? Americans on R&R in Vietnam-era Sydney. Australian Historical Studies. 53(3), pp. 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2022.2032225
Authors | Dixon, Chris and Piccini, Jon |
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Abstract | Between 1967 and 1971, 280,000 US military personnel visited Sydney on ‘Rest and Recreation’ (R&R) leave from the conflict in Vietnam. During the period in which the R&R program was being negotiated, Australian authorities, along with correspondents to daily newspapers, worried that the presence of large numbers of ‘cashed-up’ Americans would see the public repudiate the R&R scheme, the war and the relationship with the United States. These concerns proved largely unfounded as a majority of Australians welcomed the visiting Americans as both the human face of an alliance deemed critical to the nation’s security and a return of a ‘long lost friend’ from World War II. |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Australian Historical Studies |
Journal citation | 53 (3), pp. 433-451 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1031-461X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2022.2032225 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85126238802 |
Page range | 433-451 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Mar 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Jun 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8xy80/over-sexed-over-paid-and-over-here-again-americans-on-r-r-in-vietnam-era-sydney
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