Australia's War 1914-18

Australia's War, 1914-18 examines the question of the impact of the First World War on Australia. In this very accessible book, Joan Beaumont, Pam Maclean, Marnie Haig-Muir and David Lowe focus on where Australians fought and whythe tensions and realignments within Australian politics in the period of 1914-18the stresses of the war on Australian society, especially on women and those whom wartime hysteria cast in the role of the 'enemy' at homethe impact of the war on the country's economythe role played by Australia in international diplomacyand finally, the creation and influence of the Anzac legend.Once dominated by the battlefield and official accounts of the war correspondent and official historian, C.E.W. Bean, Australian writing on the war has acquired a new depth and sophistication. Studies of the home front reveal a society riven by divisions without precedent in the nation's history.This single volume will be invaluable to tertiary students and of enormous interest to the reader concerned with the social, political and military history of Australia. A companion volume on the Second World War will be published in 1996.Beaumont, Joan is the author of 'Australia's War 1914-18', published 1995 under ISBN 9781863734615 and ISBN 1863734619.