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Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence
John Connor
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Description for Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence
hardcover. The story behind the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, WWI. Series: Australian Army History Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; HBJM; HBLW; HBW; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce – a carpenter who became one Australia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, World War I. The nation's longest-serving defence minister – holding the portfolio before, during and after the Great War – Pearce saw no contradiction in being both a fierce Australian nationalist, and also a loyal subject of the British Empire.Anzac and Empire is the first full-length biography of this extraordinary Australian. Written by one of Australia's leading military historians, this book shows that to understand Australia in ... Read more
Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce – a carpenter who became one Australia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, World War I. The nation's longest-serving defence minister – holding the portfolio before, during and after the Great War – Pearce saw no contradiction in being both a fierce Australian nationalist, and also a loyal subject of the British Empire.Anzac and Empire is the first full-length biography of this extraordinary Australian. Written by one of Australia's leading military historians, this book shows that to understand Australia in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Australian Army History Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107009509
SKU
V9781107009509
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Ref
99-26
About John Connor
John Connor is Senior Lecturer in History, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra
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