{"product_id":"9781925106893","title":"When this thing happened: the story of a father, a son, and the wars that changed them","description":"Author: McKernan, Michael\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925106893\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour de force about the impact of war on one family over the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour de force about the impact of war on one family over the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As deputy director of the Australian War Memorial for many years,  Michael McKernan had heard and written about many stories of war. For  him, war was never about the big picture; it always came down to the  individual. Yet little did he know when he met his future wife in 1989  that her father would soon be telling him, over many leisurely  afternoons, his own story, of being made a slave to the Nazis in the  Second World War, and its unforeseeable consequences.\u003cbr\u003e One of these consequences was that Mychajlo Stawyskyj's son Joe would  grow up in Australia in time to be sent to fight in Vietnam, where he  would become one of that war's worst casualties.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on his authoritative grasp of twentieth-century history, and  in particular military and social history, Michael McKernan pieces  together the disrupted lives of his father-in-law and brother-in-law,  creating a compelling narrative of general interest, as well as an  unforgettable story about the cost of war to one Australian family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165334810782,"sku":"UBD-9781925106893","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925106893.jpg?v=1787134687","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925106893","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}