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Author Perry, Roland, 1946-

Title Monash : the outsider who won a war : a biography of Australia's greatest military commander / Roland Perry
Published Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Random House, 2004

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Description xix, 586 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents 1 Going for gold -- 2 School of soft knocks -- 3 The engineer's language -- 4 Battle engagement -- 5 Rebirth -- 6 A bridge too far -- 7 Pipe dreams realised -- 8 1914 : the enemy within -- 9 Thirty days in hell -- 10 Gallipoli breakout -- 11 Goodbye to 4th Brigade -- 12 The king and I -- 13 Western front 1917 : Messines -- 14 Broodseinde up ; Passchendaele down -- 15 1918 : Ludendorff's lunge -- 16 Commander to the corps -- 17 Breakthrough at Amiens -- 18 Jugular days : Mont St Quentin and Peronne -- 19 Operation Hindenburg Line -- 20 Afterglow -- 21 Back to the future -- 22 Many causes ; Enough time -- 23 Zenith and end -- 24 Postscript
Analysis Australian Army
Military command personnel
World War 1
Military tactics
Biography
History, 1901-1945
John Monash
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 551-557
Subject Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931.
Australia. Australian Army -- Officers.
Australia. Australian Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Engineers -- Australia.
Generals -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Jewish engineers -- Australia -- Biography.
Jewish generals -- Australia -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns.
Generals -- Australia -- Biography.
Engineers -- Australia -- Biography.
SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1901-1945
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2005360473
ISBN 1740512804 :