Accession Number | RCDIG1070213 |
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Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | Volume |
Item count | 1 |
Object type | Book |
Maker |
Hasluck, Paul Meernaa Caedwalla |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Volume I – The Government and the People, 1939–1941 (1965 reprint)
Second World War Official Histories
- Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 4 – Civil
Next Record >This, the first ot two volumes dealing with political and social events in Australia during the 1939-45 war, carries the story down to the entry of Japan into the war.
Early chapters review at length the development of Australian ideas on defence and foreign policy in the period between the war 1914-18 and 1939 and recount the measures taken in Australia in preparation for war. The stage is set for a study of wartime political events by a close examination of the ideas and attitudes in the various political groups in Australia.
The various factors that shaped decisions regarding Australian expeditionary forces and the building up of Australian war industry and the circumstances of political strife in which those decisions were made are recounted. Interwoven with this narrative is an account of the various social changes that were taking place and the way in which popular opinion was affected by the changing fortunes of war, so that the volume tells not only of the Government, but also of the people of Australia.
The machinery of government is examined with constructive comment in a chapter on "Wartime Administration", which will be of outstanding interest to specialists in this field.
- Contents, Illustrations, Preface, and Chronology (pages i - xvii )
- Chapter 1 – The Challenge of Survival (pages 1 - 8 )
- Chapter 2 – Between the Two Wars, 1918–38 (pages 9 - 108 )
- Chapter 3 – Preparedness, 1938–39 (pages 109 - 148 )
- Chapter 4 – Australia Enters the War, September 1939–April 1940 (pages 149 - 210 )
- Chapter 5 – The Danger in Europe, April–September 1940 (pages 211 - 263 )
- Chapter 6 – Clearing a Way to Total War, October 1940–January 1941 (pages 264 - 314 )
- Chapter 7 – Fear in the Far East, February 1941 (pages 315 - 332 )
- Chapter 8 – The Greek Campaign and After, March–July 1941 (pages 333 - 360 )
- Chapter 9 – “An Unlimited War Effort”, June–July 1941 (pages 361 - 386 )
- Chapter 10 – A Digression on Manpower and Resources, November 1940–July 1941 (pages 387 - 414 )
- Chapter 11 – A Digression on Wartime Administration (pages 415 - 490 )
- Chapter 12 – Political Crisis, August–October 1941 (pages 491 - 523 )
- Chapter 13 – Danger From Japan, July–December 1941 (pages 524 - 558 )
- Chapter 14 – Retrospect (pages 559 - 570 )
- Appendix 1 – Wartime Ministries (pages 571 - 580 )
- Appendix 2 – Innovations in the Structure of Government (pages 581 - 582 )
- Appendix 3 – The Banning of the Communist Party (pages 583 - 592 )
- Appendix 4 – The Wartime Treatment of Aliens (pages 593 - 598 )
- Appendix 5 – Conscientious Objectors (pages 599 - 602 )
- Appendix 6 – Industrial Disputes in Wartime (pages 603 - 608 )
- Appendix 7 – The Case of Ratliff and Thomas (pages 609 - 612 )
- Appendix 8 – Recruiting for the AIF, 1939–41 (pages 613 - 613 )
- Appendix 9 – The Winkler Case (pages 614 - 615 )
- Appendix 10 – The Withdrawal from Tobruk (pages 616 - 624 )
- Index (pages 625 - 644 )