Maestro John Monash : Australia's greatest citizen general / Tim Fischer.

Collection type	Library
Author	Fischer, Tim, 1946-, author.;
Call Number	355.0092 F529m
Document type	Monograph
Year	2014.
Pagination	xxxiii, 268 pages, 16 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portrait
Publisher	Monash University Publishing,
Note	"Melbourne, Jerilderie, Gallipoli, Amiens and beyond" -- title page. Includes bibliographical references and index. Who was the most innovative general of WW1? For Tim Fischer, the answer has to be Australias Maestro John Monash, a man who, for all the recognition he received in his lifetime and after, has arguably not been given his proper due. The Honourable Tim Fischer AC is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
Place made	Clayton, A :

Abstract

section 1 before the great war 1. early years in Jerilderie and Melbourne -- 2. of marriage, bridges and concrete -- 3. the second AIF convoy -- section 2 the world at war -- 4. Gallipolli's bitter lessons learnt -- 5. Monash on the western front -- 6. th e battle of Hamel -- 7. a supreme commander, and the upper hand at last -- 8. from Amiens to armistice -- 9. a bitter-sweet feud -- section 3 Monash postwar -- 10. the Buckingham Palace banquet of banquets -- 11. repatriation and demobilisation -- 12. pos twar discrimination from Bean and Hughes -- 13. a belated promotion to four star general -- 14. thoughts on'dinkum' Monash from diggers, colonels and generals -- 15. devoid of any virtue -- 16. a way of saying thanks -- 17. the field marshall rank -- 18. postscript and concluding comments.