Fictionalised account of part of the Kokoda Trail battles between Australian and Japanese troops in 1942.
Set during the Second World War, The Climate of Courage involves a group of Australian soldiers who have returned from service in the Middle East. The novel is broken up into two parts and follows the soldiers from their leave in Sydney, where they engage in various romances and witness the famous submarine attack on Sydney, to their taking part in a patrol during the New Guinea Campaign.
The book is partly based on Jon Cleary's own experiences of the war.
- ISBN10 0860091783
- ISBN13 9780860091783
- Publish Date March 1980 (first published 15 June 1970)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 September 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Magna Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 570
- Language English