Paul Ham
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Paul Ham

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PAUL HAM is a historian specialising in war, conflict and politics. Born and raised in Sydney, Paul has spent his working life in London, Sydney and Paris. His books have been published to critical acclaim in Australia, Britain, the United States and many other countries, and have won several literary awards. His latest title is 'Young Hitler: The Making of the Führer', a new examination of how Hitler's youth influenced his rise to power (Penguin Random House UK and Australia/NZ, Pegasus USA and Objetiva Brazil). He has also written 'Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth', a new history of one of the worst conflicts on the Western Front; 'Hiroshima Nagasaki', a provocative history of the atomic bombings; '1914: The Year The World Ended'; 'Sandakan'; 'Vietnam: The Australian War'; and 'Kokoda'. Paul has co-written two ABC documentaries based on his work: 'Kokoda', a 2-part series on the defeat of the Japanese army in Papua in 1942, shortlisted for the New York Documentary prize; and 'All the Way', a feature documentary about Australia's alliance with America during the Vietnam War, which he also narrated, and which received the UN's Media Peace prize. A former correspondent for The Sunday Times, Paul has a Masters degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He lives in Paris, with frequent trips to Sydney and London, and takes time off now and then to produce the Big Fat Poetry Pig-Out, an annual poetry recital, for charity.
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    • Kokoda

    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Peter Byrne
    • Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-2010
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings

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    • Vietnam

    • The Australian War
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Peter Byrne
    • Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 15-12-2008
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 218 ratings

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    • 1914

    • The Year The World Ended
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
    • Length: 22 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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    • The Soul

    • A History of the Human Mind
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Lewis Fitz-Gerald
    • Length: 38 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 30-07-2024
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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    • Sandakan

    • The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
    • Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-2012
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings

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    • Passchendaele

    • Requiem for Doomed Youth
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 10-10-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings

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    • 1913

    • The Eve of War
    • By: Paul Ham
    • Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
    • Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 26-05-2014
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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