Anzac and empire : George Foster Pearce and the foundations of Australian defence / John Connor.
Anzac and empire : George Foster Pearce and the foundations of Australian defence / John Connor.
Anzac and empire : George Foster Pearce and the foundations of Australian defence / John Connor.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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994.04 , 994.04/88
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English
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Physical content
xi, 235 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
'We, too, have hopes and ambitions', 1870-1909 -- Building the framework, 1910-13 -- War, 1914 -- 'One of the great battle stories of the British Empire', 1915 -- Conscription and the Labor split, 1916 -- The disastrous department, 1917 -- 'Pearce is doomed!', 1918 -- London and Washington, 1919-22...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce - a carpenter who became one of Austsralia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, the First World War.
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Anzac and empire : George Foster Pearce and the foundations of Australian defence / John Connor.
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Australian army history series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-229) and index.
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994.04 , 994.04/88
Record Identifier
74VvODXkxAZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvODXkxAZl
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ISBN
9781107009509 (hbk.)
DDC
994.04
MMS ID
991008334599702626
