The Politics of War: Australia at War 1939-45 from Churchill to Macarthur (2003) By David Day
 
This is a collection of David Day's World War II histories: The Great Betrayal and Reluctant Nation. nightmare - the possibility of invasion by Japan. With Australia's fighting strength scattered across the globe defending British interests in the Mediterranean and elsewhere, the nation looked to Britain for help. But it was not forthcoming. the country was forced to look to the US to help fend off the looming danger. So began the most terrifying period in Australian history, culminating in the naval battle of the Coral Sea and the battle of the Kokoda Track. Only then did the risk of invasion recede. Curtin and Winston Churchill, bickered over the disposition of the troops and the provision of munitions. These diplomatic battles were fought almost as furiously as the battles on the ground between the soldiers of the opposing armies. Nation plus extensive new research in the archives of Britain and Australia, and utilising a very readable narrative style, the author places the landmark battles of Allied forces within their wider political context. The book exposes the awful peril in which Australia was placed by the war in the Pacific and shows how Australia's relationship with Britain was tested almost to breaking point.
 
Soft Cover
750 pages
In Good Condition