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Operation Vietnam: A New Zealand Surgical First [Paperback]

Michael Shackleton (Author)

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Publication Date: May 2004

Retired surgeon Michael Shackleton offers a memoir of his experience leading a New Zealand surgical team to Binh Dinh Province of South Vietnam, as part of the 1963 Colombo Plan designed to assist the U.S. involvement in the Southeast Asian nation. He touts the model developed by his surgical team as more successful than that of the Americans and describes the various bureaucratic, political, and organisational challenging the "starting point of one of the most ambitious aid projects undertaken by New Zealand up to that time".

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Michael Shackleton OBE is a retired surgeon living near Dunedin.

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Univ of Otago Pr (May 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 187727691X
ISBN-13: 978-1877276910
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,778,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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