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Cover; AUSTRALIA 1942 IN THE SHADOW OF WAR; Title; Copyright; Dedication; FOREWORD: The Hon Kim Beazley, AC, Ambassador to the United States of America; CONTENTS; PHOTOS; MAPS; CHARTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: AUSTRALIA IN 1942; CHAPTER 1 AUSTRALIA IN 1942...

WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICANS?WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT?; Notes; FURTHER READING; PART 2: RELATIONS, POLITICS AND THE HOME FRONT; CHAPTER 2 WORLD WARS AND THE ANTICIPATION OF CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON LONG-ESTABLISHED AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS, 1905-43; T...

AUSTRALIAN UNPREPAREDNESS FOR NATIONAL DEFENCERECALIBRATING NATIONAL DEFENCE; GALVANISING AUSTRALIAN STRENGTH; CONCLUSION; Notes; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 4 THE HOME FRONT AND THE AMERICAN PRESENCE IN 1942; THE ALL-IN WAR EFFORT; THE ARRIVAL OF THE US FORCES; SEXUALITY, RACE AND TURMOIL ON THE HOME...

PART 3: AUSTRALIA UNDER THREATCHAPTER 6 THE JAPANESE ARMY'S 'UNPLANNED' SOUTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN; THE JAPANESE ARMY'S PERCEPTION OF THE PACIFIC WAR; THE JAPANESE ARMY'S COMMITMENT OF MAJOR FORCES TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC; THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE ARMY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC; CONCLUSION; Notes; FURTHER...

THE DEBATE INTENSIFIESA COMPROMISE SOLUTION; CONCLUSION; Notes; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 8 THE AIR RAIDS ON DARWIN, 19 FEBRUARY 1942: IMAGE AND REALITY; Notes; FURTHER READING; PART 4: THE WAR ON AUSTRALIA'S DOORSTEP; CHAPTER 9 VANQUISHED BUT DEFIANT, VICTORIOUS BUT DIVIDED: THE RAAF IN THE PACIFIC,...