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Title Australia's war, 1914-18 / edited by Joan Beaumont
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1995

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Description xxii, 195 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Contents 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
Summary 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. Joan Beaumont is the author of Gullforce and War and Captivity in the Far East . She is an Australian historian of war and international relations
Analysis Australia History 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 Australia
World War 1
Notes CIP confirmed
Chronology of war: p. xii-xvi
For tertiary students
Index: p. 188-195
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index
Audience For tertiary students
Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. -- History
Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1914-1918
Australia -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1914-1918
Author Beaumont, Joan.
LC no. 95137568
ISBN 1863734619 (paperback)