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John Curtin's war. volume 1 / John Edwards.

John Curtin's war. volume 1 / John Edwards.
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994.042/EDW
Australiana   Bulahdelah . Available .  
994.042/EDW
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ISBN 9780670073474
Shelf Location 994.042/EDW
Author Edwards, John author.
Title John Curtin's war. / John Edwards.
Cover title John Curtin's war
Place of publication [Melbourne, Victoria] : : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, , 2017.
Publication Details [Melbourne, Victoria] ::
2017. Penguin Random House,,
©2017.
Collation xx, 538 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; ; 24 cm. ;
Series John Curtin's war 1
General Note Viking an imprint of Penguin Books.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 7 October 1941 -- The trans -- The life that thrills -- A new beginning -- Capitalism is collapsing -- Perth again -- Labor leadership -- The men who matter -- Curtin's Australia -- Leader -- Defending the Empire -- Menzies to power -- Menzies versus Curtin -- War in Europe -- Australia defenceless -- Jnife edge -- Curtin warns of war in the Pacific -- Preparing for government -- Curtin to power -- Curtin forms his government -- Early decisions, and caucus crisis -- It has come -- Turning to America Curtin appeals to Roosevelt and Churchill -- AIF for the Pacific war -- Resistance collapses in Malaya, Rabaul is invaded, and Curtin makes an ill-timed visit to Perth -- Fall of Singapore bringing the AIF home -- The threat of Japanese invasion -- Australia imperilled.
Abstract/Summary John Curtin became Australia's Prime Minister eight weeks before Japan launched war in the Pacific.Curtin's struggle for power against Joe Lyons and Bob Menzies, his dramatic use of it when he took office in October 1941, and his determination to be heard in Washington and London as Japan advanced, is a political epic unmatched in Australian experience. As Japan sank much of the Allied navy, advanced on the great British naval base at Singapore, and seized Australian territories in New Guinea, Curtin remade Australia. Using much new material John Edwards' vivid, landmark biography places Curtin as a man of his times, puzzling through the immense changes in Australia and its region released by the mighty shock of the Pacific War. It shows Curtin not as a hero and certainly not as a villain but as the pivotal figure making his uncertain way between what Australia was, and what it would become. It locates the turning point in Australian history not at Gallipoli or the Western Front or even Federation but in the Pacific War and in Curtin's Prime Ministership.This two volume work is a major contribution to Australian biography, and to how we understand our history. In this first part, Edwards takes Curtin's story from the late nineteenth century socialist ferment in Melbourne through to his appointment as prime minister and a Japanese onslaught so complete and successful that within a few months of launching it military leaders in Tokyo debated between the options of invading Australia, or sealing it off from Allied help.
Subject Curtin, John, -- 1885-1945
Politicians
Politics and government
Prime ministers
Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography
Politicians -- Australia -- Biography
Australia.
Australia -- History -- 1901-1945.
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945.
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