Australia's Boldest Experiment : War and Reconstruction in the 1940s
Author(s): Stuart Macintyre
A major new account of the 1940s in Australia. In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s. An extraordinary group of individuals, notably John Curtin, Ben Chifley, Nugget Coombs, John Dedman and Robert Menzies, re-made the country, planning its reconstruction against a background of wartime sacrifice and austerity. The other part of this triumphant story shows Australia on the world stage, seeking to fashion a new world order that would bring peace and prosperity. This book shows the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we take for granted u work, welfare, health, education, immigration, housing u are not the result of military endeavour but policy, planning, politics and popular resolve.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : NewSouth Publishing
- : NewSouth Publishing
- : 1.85
- : 01 May 2015
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : Australia
- : 01 June 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : 592
- : 615
- : Softcover
- : Stuart Macintyre