John Laffin

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John Laffin (born September 21, 1922 in Mosman , New South Wales , Australia , † September 2000 in Canberra ) was an Australian historian , journalist and writer .

Laffin is the son of Charles George Laffin and Nellie Alfreda Pike. Both parents served in World War I. Laffin has worked for Smith's Weekly and The Wagga Advertiser. In 1940 Laffin was recruited for the 2nd AIF . In 1943 he met his wife. In 1956 the family moved to England, where Laffin lived for almost 40 years. In 1995, Laffin went back to Australia with his wife, where they died in 1997. Laffin was the author of 130 books. His last book was his autobiography "A Kind of Immortality". He died after a long illness.

Laffin also wrote under the pseudonyms Mark Napier , Dirk Saber and Carl Dekker .

Works (excerpt)

  • 1966: Jackboot: The story of the German soldier, 2nd edition, Cassell, London.
  • 1980: Islam: World threat through fanaticism, Heyne Verlag , Munich, ISBN 3-453-01230-5 .
  • 1983: The PLO between terror and diplomacy, Panorama-Verlag, Altstätten, ISBN 3-907506-01-4 .
  • 1986: Brassey's battles: 3500 years of conflict, campaigns and wars from a - z, ISBN 0-08-031185-7 .
  • 1989: Islam: the power of faith; Origins, history, backgrounds, Heyne Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-453-03734-0 .
  • 1997: The man the Nazis couldn't catch, Sutton, Stroud, ISBN 0-7509-1442-4 .
  • 2000: A Kind of Immortality, Kangaroo Press, ISBN 0-8641-7972-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Who's Who in Australia, Herald and Weekly Times, p. 989, 2002
  2. ↑ a b Obituary: John Laffin - 1922-2000. - Free Online Library, based on the Military Historical Society of Australia
  3. ^ Who's who of Australian writers - DW Thorpe Pty, National Center for Research and Development in Australian Studies, page 389, 1995
personal data
SURNAME Laffin, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Napier, Mark (pseudonym); Saber, Dirk (pseudonym); Dekker, Carl (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian historian, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosman , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH September 2000
Place of death Canberra