234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Australia's War, 1914-18 explores Australia's involvement in the First World War and the effect this had on the nation' s society. In this very accessible book, Joan Beaumont, Pam Maclean, Marnie Haig-Muir and David Lowe focus on: where Australians fought and why; the tensions and realignments within Australian politics in the period of 1914-18; the stresses of the war on Australian society,... Read more
Tables and figures
Maps
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Contributors
Chronology of the war
Introduction Joan Beaumont
1 Australia's war
Joan Beaumont
2 The politics of a divided society
Joan Beaumont
3 War and Australian society
Pam Maclean
4 The economy at war
Marnie Haig-Muir
5 Australia in the world
David Lowe
6 The Anzac legend
Joan Beaumont
Select bibliography
Index
Maps
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Contributors
Chronology of the war
Introduction Joan Beaumont
1 Australia's war
Joan Beaumont
2 The politics of a divided society
Joan Beaumont
3 War and Australian society
Pam Maclean
4 The economy at war
Marnie Haig-Muir
5 Australia in the world
David Lowe
6 The Anzac legend
Joan Beaumont
Select bibliography
Index
Biography
Joan Beaumont teaches in the School of Australian and International Studies at Deakin University. She is the author of Gull Force: Survival and Leadership in Captivity, 1941-45 and is a respected Australian historian of war and international history.
