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Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth Century Australia. By Pat Jalland. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006. Pp. 409. $39.95 paper.A Different Sort of War: Australians in Korea, 1950–53. By Richard Trembath. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly... more
Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth Century Australia. By Pat Jalland. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006. Pp. 409. $39.95 paper.A Different Sort of War: Australians in Korea, 1950–53. By Richard Trembath. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2005. Pp. 266. $34.95 paper.New Zealand and the Vietnam War: Politics and Diplomacy. By Roberto Rabel. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. Pp. xi + 443. NZ$49.99
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In 1942-43 a force of possibly 200,000 to 300,000 people, working under the supervision of the Imperial Japanese Army, constructed a railway from Kanchanaburi in western Thailand to Thanbyuzayat on the Andaman Sea coast of Burma (now... more
In 1942-43 a force of possibly 200,000 to 300,000 people, working under the supervision of the Imperial Japanese Army, constructed a railway from Kanchanaburi in western Thailand to Thanbyuzayat on the Andaman Sea coast of Burma (now Myanmar). The purpose of this railway was to provide a supply link between the Gulf of Thailand and Burma, which the Japanese had occupied in early 1942. The sea route via the Straits of Malacca had become unreliable after the Battle of Midway in June 1942 and a new, more secure, overland route was needed to maintain the Jap�anese armies in Burma as they planned to invade India. The Thai-Burma railway was completed in a little over a year, a remark� able achievement given that it stretched some 415 kilometres over remote and rugged mountains on the Thai-Burmese border, in a region which became disease� infested and inaccessible during the monsoon season. However, the loss of life was enormous. Possibly 100,000 Asian labourers (r�musha) and around 12,000...
BERNARD S. BACHRACH. The Anatomy of a Little War: A Diplomatic and Military History of the Gundovald Affair, 568-586. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. Pp. xx, 283. $49.85 (us). Reviewed by Paul FouracreP. M. HOLT. Early Mamluk Diplomacy,... more
BERNARD S. BACHRACH. The Anatomy of a Little War: A Diplomatic and Military History of the Gundovald Affair, 568-586. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. Pp. xx, 283. $49.85 (us). Reviewed by Paul FouracreP. M. HOLT. Early Mamluk Diplomacy, 1260–1290: Treaties of Baybars and Qalāwūn with Christian Rulers. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. Pp. viii, 161. $64.75 (us). Reviewed by Peter W.
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Although Britain declared war on the Dominions' behalf, Australia had its own war aims. The most important of these was the survival of the British Empire, which the vast majority of Australians believed was key to the country's... more
Although Britain declared war on the Dominions' behalf, Australia had its own war aims. The most important of these was the survival of the British Empire, which the vast majority of Australians believed was key to the country's cultural identity and physical security. Beyond this, Prime Minister W.M. Hughes, who dominated Australian foreign policy, had several goals surrounding German and Japanese power and Australian immigration policy. Ultimately, because Australia had no independent diplomatic service and refused to present a public face of imperial disunity, it was not entirely successful in achieving these war aims.
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The Pacific War is an umbrella term that refers collectively to a disparate set of wars, however, this book presents a strong case for considering this assemblage of conflicts as a collective, singular war.
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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.... more
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 factor in moulding Australians' views of themselves, yet service matters have not often attracted any great degree of pulic interest. "The Australian Centenary History of Defence" explains the complexities of an essential strand of the Commonwealth's first century - the successes and the failures, the progress and the setbacks, in peace and war. This book is intended for general readers of military defence history titles, especially works in this series. Also military defence historians and students.
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It is time to acknowledge that World War I was about more than fighting and killing. Keynote address from HTAV's 2014 Annual Conference.
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L’Australie et la Nouvelle-Zelande sont liees par la memoire de la Premiere Guerre mondiale. Leurs forces militaires, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac), ont combattu ensemble, et leur experience commune a Gallipoli, en 1915, a... more
L’Australie et la Nouvelle-Zelande sont liees par la memoire de la Premiere Guerre mondiale. Leurs forces militaires, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac), ont combattu ensemble, et leur experience commune a Gallipoli, en 1915, a donne naissance a la « legende de l’Anzac », un recit qui a domine leurs memoires nationales de guerre. Cependant, tandis que la Nouvelle-Zelande a adopte la conscription en 1916, l’electorat australien a rejete cette option politique. L’Australian Imperial Force (AIF) est restee une force de volontaires. Cela peut expliquer la raison pour laquelle la legende de l’Anzac a occupe une place plus importante dans la culture politique australienne que dans celle de la Nouvelle-Zelande.
The memory of the 102,000 Australians who died in wars over the past century plays a central role in Australia’s national political culture.1 This is something of a paradox. Throughout the twentieth century Australians rejected military... more
The memory of the 102,000 Australians who died in wars over the past century plays a central role in Australia’s national political culture.1 This is something of a paradox. Throughout the twentieth century Australians rejected military conscription as a mandated obligation of citizenship except for limited purposes of home defence. Australia has had no tradition of maintaining a large army in peacetime, creating its first recognizably professional army only in 1947. Since then the permanent army has always been small, never exceeding 33,000 troops, while in 2010 the permanent personnel of the combined Australian army, navy and air force totalled only 57,600.2 Despite this, a mythologized narrative about Australian soldiers and the distinctive characteristics they supposedly display in battle has progressively assumed a central place in the construction of national identity. It continues to inform national political discourse to this day.
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tag=1 data=Perspectives on Australian foreign policy, 1993. by Joan Beaumont and Garry Woodard tag=2 data=Beaumont, Joan%Woodard, Garry tag=3 data=Australian Journal of International Affairs, tag=4 data=48 tag=5 data=1 tag=6 data=May 1994... more
tag=1 data=Perspectives on Australian foreign policy, 1993. by Joan Beaumont and Garry Woodard tag=2 data=Beaumont, Joan%Woodard, Garry tag=3 data=Australian Journal of International Affairs, tag=4 data=48 tag=5 data=1 tag=6 data=May 1994 tag=7 data=97-106. tag=8 data=TRADE tag=9 data=ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION%GATT%ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA tag=11 data=1994/6/6 tag=12 data=94/0404 tag=13 data=CAB
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The Thai-Burma railway, built under Japanese command by Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers in 1942-43, can lay claim to being a cultural route, even though nearly three quarters of its physical infrastructure has been demolished.... more
The Thai-Burma railway, built under Japanese command by Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers in 1942-43, can lay claim to being a cultural route, even though nearly three quarters of its physical infrastructure has been demolished. Not only are its archaeological remains evident in the landscape but over the years its memory has progressively transcended national boundaries. Its heritage has also been shaped not only by the Thais, on whose territory much of its remains reside, but also by cross-cultural links and interventions by other national groups with their own wartime memories. Yet, much of this heritage remains fragile and as the generation who experience World War II ages and dies, the future of the railway as a cultural route will be contingent on the emergence of new shared memories across its multinational stakeholders with an interest in its commemoration and heritage.
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... Beau-mont; Tim Dunlop, Peter Edwards, Elizabeth Hewitt, Monika Loving, Tony Reid, Andrea Shimmen; Benjamin and Tristan Lowe; and ... as multilateral diplomacy in the United Nations and postwar planning, the entrenched Secretary of... more
... Beau-mont; Tim Dunlop, Peter Edwards, Elizabeth Hewitt, Monika Loving, Tony Reid, Andrea Shimmen; Benjamin and Tristan Lowe; and ... as multilateral diplomacy in the United Nations and postwar planning, the entrenched Secretary of Defence, Sir Frederick Shedden, was a ...
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... Michael R. Waters with Mark Long, William Dickens, Sam Sweitz, Anne Lee Presley, Ian Buvit, Michelle Raisor, Bryan Mason, Hilary Standish and Norbert Dannhaeuser, College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2004; pp. xv + 268;... more
... Michael R. Waters with Mark Long, William Dickens, Sam Sweitz, Anne Lee Presley, Ian Buvit, Michelle Raisor, Bryan Mason, Hilary Standish and Norbert Dannhaeuser, College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2004; pp. xv + 268; ISBN 1 58544 318 2 ...
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... This should have put DFAT on amber alert as well as signalling to Keating, revelling in his success in Seattle, that he should avoid saying anything which might provoke the Malaysian leader. To again quote WH Auden, but slightly... more
... This should have put DFAT on amber alert as well as signalling to Keating, revelling in his success in Seattle, that he should avoid saying anything which might provoke the Malaysian leader. To again quote WH Auden, but slightly adapted: ...
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... the role of the Malay Regiment in Battle of Pasir Panjang Hill on 14 February 1942, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, was dedicated on ... had not done enough to preserve Changi, 49 [49] Age 10 October 2003, View all notes. the Australian... more
... the role of the Malay Regiment in Battle of Pasir Panjang Hill on 14 February 1942, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, was dedicated on ... had not done enough to preserve Changi, 49 [49] Age 10 October 2003, View all notes. the Australian High Commissioner, Gary Quinlan, publicly ...
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... and Ambassador / David Lowe -- 5 Cold War liberals : Richard Casey and the Department of External Affairs, 1951-60 / Christopher Waters -- 6 A radical Tory: Sir Garfield Barwick, 1961-64 / Garry Woodard -- 7 Paul Hasluck : the... more
... and Ambassador / David Lowe -- 5 Cold War liberals : Richard Casey and the Department of External Affairs, 1951-60 / Christopher Waters -- 6 A radical Tory: Sir Garfield Barwick, 1961-64 / Garry Woodard -- 7 Paul Hasluck : the diplomat as Minsiter / Joan Beaumont -- 8 The ...
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... Waters with Mark Long, William Dickens, Sam Sweitz, Anne Lee Presley, Ian Buvit, Michelle Raisor, Bryan Mason, Hilary Standish and Norbert Dannhaeuser, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne, College Station, Texas... more
... Waters with Mark Long, William Dickens, Sam Sweitz, Anne Lee Presley, Ian Buvit, Michelle Raisor, Bryan Mason, Hilary Standish and Norbert Dannhaeuser, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne, College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2004; pp. ...
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On the occasion of September 1995 Montreal General Assembly, our Commission had discussed and voted the proposal to devote talks to the question of the "Formation of the Images of Peoples from the 18 th Century to the Present Day and... more
On the occasion of September 1995 Montreal General Assembly, our Commission had discussed and voted the proposal to devote talks to the question of the "Formation of the Images of Peoples from the 18 th Century to the Present Day and the History of International Relations", ...
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... 11 (1936; St Lucia: University of Queensland Press with the Australian War Memorial, 1989), 703. 2 For details of these, see Scott, chap. ... the recipients of your comforts [Birdwood told the NSW Division of the ACF] know that better... more
... 11 (1936; St Lucia: University of Queensland Press with the Australian War Memorial, 1989), 703. 2 For details of these, see Scott, chap. ... the recipients of your comforts [Birdwood told the NSW Division of the ACF] know that better than any words of mine can express. ...
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The Second World War stands across the 20 th century like a colossus. Its death toll, geographical spread, social dislocation and genocidal slaughter were unprecedented. It was literally a world war, devastating Europe, China and Japan,... more
The Second World War stands across the 20 th century like a colossus. Its death toll, geographical spread, social dislocation and genocidal slaughter were unprecedented. It was literally a world war, devastating Europe, China and Japan, triggering massive movements of population, and unleashing forces of nationalism in Asia and Africa that presaged the end of European colonialism. The international order was changed irrevocably, most notably in the rise of the two superpowers and the decline of Great Britain. For Australia too, though the loss of life in the conflict was comparatively small, the war had a profound impact. The white population faced for the first time the threat of invasion, with Australian territory being bombed from the air and sea in 1942. 1 The economy and society were mobilized to an unprecedented degree, with 993,000 men and women, of a population of nearly seven million, serving in the military forces. Nearly 40,000 of these were killed in action, died of woun...
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ABSTRACT Shortly after the First World War ended, Australian authorities erected memorials in France and Belgium in memory of the Australian Imperial Force. Decades later, during the so-called ‘second generation of memory’, Australians... more
ABSTRACT Shortly after the First World War ended, Australian authorities erected memorials in France and Belgium in memory of the Australian Imperial Force. Decades later, during the so-called ‘second generation of memory’, Australians again engaged in planting memorials on sites of memory on the Western Front. This article compares the two periods of memorial building, contrasting the sites that were chosen for commemoration and examining what these suggest about the difference between past and contemporary modes of remembering the First World War. It highlights the growing importance, in extra-territorial commemoration, of memorial diplomacy and the development of a shared memory between Australians and the communities which host their memorials.
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... These instructions, commonly known as the Lieber Code after the professor of constitutional history and public law who drafted them, articulated what have become twoofthe central principles of modern international law concerning... more
... These instructions, commonly known as the Lieber Code after the professor of constitutional history and public law who drafted them, articulated what have become twoofthe central principles of modern international law concerning prisoners of war: namely, that prisoners ...
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MARTIN KITCHEN. A World in Flames: A Short History of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, 1939–1945. London and New York: Longman, 1990. Pp. xii, 377. $24.95 (CAN);R.A.C. PARKER. Struggle for Survival: The History of the Second World... more
MARTIN KITCHEN. A World in Flames: A Short History of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, 1939–1945. London and New York: Longman, 1990. Pp. xii, 377. $24.95 (CAN);R.A.C. PARKER. Struggle for Survival: The History of the Second World War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 328. £5.95;H.P. WiLLMOTT. The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War. New York: Free Press (Macmillan), 1989. Pp. xii, 500. $24.95 (us);JOHN KEEGAN. The Second World War. Sydney: Hutchinson, 1989. Pp. vii, 608. Aus $39.95;JOHN ELLIS. Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War. London: André Deutsch, 1990. Pp. xxii, 643. £19.95;ALAN F. WILT. War from the Top: German and British Military Decision Making during World War II. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 390. $35.00 (us).
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ABSTRACT This article examines what motivated the dominions to make such a sustained and costly contribution to the war effort of the British empire during the First World War. With particular reference to Australia, it argues that... more
ABSTRACT This article examines what motivated the dominions to make such a sustained and costly contribution to the war effort of the British empire during the First World War. With particular reference to Australia, it argues that imperial loyalty, now discounted as anachronistic, was the dominant ideology. Not only did it inspire the initial generous support for the British war effort but, for many Australians, the empire's cause invested with meaning the battle losses which were proportionately the highest of any dominion army. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 is now celebrated as having given birth to the foundational narrative of the young Australian nation, but at the time this embryonic nationalism too was positioned within the framework of imperial loyalty. Moreover, with the conservative forces dominating federal politics after the divisive debates about conscription in 1916 and 1917, ‘loyalty’ became entrenched as the litmus test of political reliability. Hence, while Australia's Prime Minister W. M. (Billy) Hughes aggressively asserted the rights of the dominions to a new and more independent role within the imperial relationship in 1918 and 1919, this agenda for change found little support at home. It is therefore ahistorical to see the First World War as the birth of Australian nationalism in the sense that the term is understood today. Rather, imperial loyalty was affirmed by the British victory as the dominant ideology and proved able to accommodate the growing sense of national singularity that the war fuelled.
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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY historians are used to being unfashionable. In contrast to countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, where military history is a prestigious pursuit, and specialist chairs are devoted to the genre, in... more
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY historians are used to being unfashionable. In contrast to countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, where military history is a prestigious pursuit, and specialist chairs are devoted to the genre, in Australia the study of war has ...
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... the role of the Malay Regiment in Battle of Pasir Panjang Hill on 14 February 1942, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, was dedicated on ... had not done enough to preserve Changi, 49 [49] Age 10 October 2003, View all notes. the Australian... more
... the role of the Malay Regiment in Battle of Pasir Panjang Hill on 14 February 1942, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, was dedicated on ... had not done enough to preserve Changi, 49 [49] Age 10 October 2003, View all notes. the Australian High Commissioner, Gary Quinlan, publicly ...