Articoli correlati a First Australian Imperial Force: Study of Its Recruitment,...
- EditoreMelbourne University Press
- Data di pubblicazione1970
- ISBN 10 0522839819
- ISBN 13 9780522839814
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine238
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The First A. I. F.
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Melbourne University Publishing, 1970
ISBN 10: 0522839819
ISBN 13: 9780522839814
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo 3321971-75
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First Australian Imperial Force: Study of Its Recruitment, 1914-18
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Melbourne UP, Carlton Victoria, 1970
ISBN 10: 0522839819
ISBN 13: 9780522839814
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Da: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Very Good In A Good Jacket With Worn Ends And Light Handling Wear . Owners Name To Front Pastedown Pp 227 Illustrations. Codice articolo 010730
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THE FIRST A.I.F. A Study of Its Recruitment 1914-1918.
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Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970
ISBN 10: 0522839819
ISBN 13: 9780522839814
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Printing of 1st Edition. 227 pages. A firm straight clean ex-reference library book. Codice articolo 025148
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The First A.I.F. A Study Of Its Recruitment 1914 - 1918
Editore:
Melbourne University Press, 1970
ISBN 10: 0522839819
ISBN 13: 9780522839814
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Da: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good With An Owners Name To To Front Pastedown In A Good Jacket With Worn Ends Pp 227 Index Illustrations. Codice articolo 011408
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First Australian Imperial Force: Study of Its Recruitment, 1914-1918
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Melbourne University Press, 1970
ISBN 10: 0522839819
ISBN 13: 9780522839814
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Da: killarneybooks, Inagh, CLARE, Irlanda
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover, x + 227pp + 8 pages of glossy b&w plates, some b&w illustrations in text, bibliography, index. Weight: 0.43kg / 0.94lb. Missing the dust jacket. Ex-university library, marked "withdrawn"; an external stamp on upper outer page edges and a label on lower spine, an internal barcode label and a stamped pocket. Book looks uncirculated: clean, untanned, free of any foxing and age-spotting, with unmarked text and firm binding. Mild external handling wear. -- The book deals with the cause, course and effects of the recruitment of the Australian Imperial Force for the Great War. It is an analysis of the home front during the horrible four and a half years of the struggle in Europe and the Middle East, and on the high seas, and shows how Australia's effort to keep up the reinforcements said to be necessary to sustain and strengthen the A.I.F. led to the shattering of the spirit of optimism, virtual unanimity and cocky pride with which the new Commonwealth entered the war. The theme is the wrecking of Australian optimism and happiness, and the creation of a situation where negative thought and destructive criticism could flourish. This capacity for destructive thinking may be observed in many areas but basically it was associated with the inability of the federal government and its agencies to induce enough men to enlist voluntarily. Government and people were reduced to the level of telltales, deceivers and liars in the consequent seeking out of scapegoats and in the paranoia about German spies; convinced that Australia, the British Empire and civilization were immediately endangered, the Prime Minister William Morris Hughes and his supporters were prepared to do anything to ensure that the barbarians' invasion might be turned back. The enlistment of the A.I.F., and the war, revealed both splendid and deplorable aspects of Australia: thoughtlessness, cruelty, unswerving devotion to the suppression of opposition; great courage, shining sincerity, high and proper ideals and mindful sacrifice. Australia was wrung dry during these four and a half years. The procedures of democratic government, the rectifying of social injustice and the recognition of certain rights were all shelved on the grounds that the state was immediately threatened. The book shows the significant aspects of an episode which bites more deeply into the nation's psyche than anything else in its history. -- Contents: Introduction; 1. Australia on the Eve of the War; 2. The Formation of the A.I.F.; 3. The Recruiting Drives of 1915; 4. The Decline of the Voluntary System; 5. Opposition to the Conscription Proposals in 1916; 6. Conscription Rejected; 7. The Recruiting Campaigns of 1917; 8. Patriotism and Paranoia; 9. Conscription Again Divides the Nation; 10. The Final Year of the War. Codice articolo 009548
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