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The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, 1942-46 / Gr...

The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorat...

The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, 1942-46 / Gr...

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The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, 1942-46 / Graeme Sligo.

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Full title

The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, 1942-46 / Graeme Sligo.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2013.

Date

2013.

Call Numbers

H 2013/6432

Record Identifier

74VvjxL600VO

MMS ID

991015307669702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxx, 380 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.

Content type

still image

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2013.

Place of Publication

New South Wales

Date Published

2013.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

The Backroom Boys is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided high-level policy advice to Australia's most senior soldier, General Blamey, and through him to the Government for the remainder of the war and beyond. This band of academi...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The backroom boys : Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, 1942-46 / Graeme Sligo.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (page 361-372) and index.

Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2013.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2013/6432

Record Identifier

74VvjxL600VO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjxL600VO

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781921941122 (hardback)

DDC

355.340994

MMS ID

991015307669702626

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