Interview with Paul Ham


Paul Ham is the author of Kokoda and Vietnam: The Australian War, and worked as the Australian correspondent of the London Sunday Times from 1998 to 2013. He was born and educated in Australia and lives in Sydney, having spent several years working in Britain as a journalist and publisher.

Paul Ham's Vietnam: The Australian War book cover showing a soldier walking through jungle holding a machine gun.
Paul Ham's Kokoda book cover showing a soldier offering a cigarette to another soldier
Portrait photo of Paul Ham
Black and white photo of an Australian soldier holding a notebook is standing with a group of armed Papuans
Australian War Memorial collection - Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Inspiration

Paul Ham talks about what inspired him to write history books .

Black and white portrait photo of Colonel Francis Serong
US Army, Information Office, Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Vietnam Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Colour photo of a war memorial
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Black and white photo of a Vietnam War soldier walking through dense vegetation

Reading from 'Vietnam'

Paul Ham reads from Vietnam - The Australian War