Australia's War 1914-18

ISBN-13: 9781863734615 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 234 str.

Joan Beaumont

Opis

This text covers all aspects of Australia's involvement in World War I. It covers topics including: where Australia fought and why; the ANZAC legend; the Australian war economy; conscription and a divided society; the role of the churches; women, family, and the Home Front; and the war's impact on Australia's place in the world. A companion volume which looks at Australia's involvement in World War II is also available.

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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

O autorze

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.