Author : John Coates
Publisher : OUP Australia & New Zealand
ISBN 13 : 9780195559149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (591 download)
Book Synopsis An Atlas of Australia's Wars by : John Coates
Download or read book An Atlas of Australia's Wars written by John Coates and published by OUP Australia & New Zealand. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defence of the nation is one of the fundamental obligations of government. For much of the first century of the Commonwealth of Australia that obligation has been tested- in two world wars, and in a series of other military engagements. The military reputation that has grown out of these defining moments in Australian history has been a significant actor in moulding Australian's view of themselves, yet service matters have often not attracted any great degree of public interest., An Atlas of Australia's Wars explains the complexities of this essential strand of the Commonwealth's first century- the successes and the failures, the progress and the setbacks, in peace and war.