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Australians, [Volume 3], Flappers to Vietnam, Thomas Keneally

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Australia emerged from WW1 into a decade of profound change, characterised by a revolution in behaviour amongst the young; by the first great age of consumerism; by the new and increasingly sophisticated impact of the movies; by secret right wing armies and the emergence of the Communist Party; and by two less remembered and very interesting PMs, the handsome, sombre Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment, and Jim Scullin, unpretentious Labor man of humbler Irish parentage. As in the two previous volumes of Australians Keneally brings history to vivid and pulsating life as he traces the lives and the deeds of Australians known and unknown. As another war grew closer he follows the famous and the infamous through the Great Crash and the rise of Fascism, and explains how Australia was inexorably drawn into a war which led her forces into combat throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific. At home an atmosphere of fear grew with the fall of Singapore and the bombing of Darwin, the Japanese advance and then the American Alliance and the arrival of General MacArthur. Peace brought its own problems with the Depression that left one-third of Australians unemployed. Keneally believes too that the 1950s are misunderstood - depicted by some as an age of full employment, by others as the age of suburban spread and boredom under the serene prime ministership of Robert Menzies. But Menzies was complicated and so were the 1950s. A majority of Australians believed there would be nuclear war before the end of the decade. The Korean war was seen as prelude, and so our government agreed to British atom bomb tests in the South Australian desert and at the Montebello islands. The fall of the French in Vietnam was prelude to our engagement there and, along with the defection of the Soviet spy Petrov, convinced Australians they were living in the last of days. Under this pressure the talented leader of the ALP, Bert Evatt, one of the founders of the UN, saw his party begin to split in two. On the street, the face of Australia, in an era of great change, was undergoing an Italian, Greek and Slavic-led sea change. And in even greater changes, Asian trade and immigration were coming our way, especially now that we had signed the peace treaty with Japan. The result of masterly writing and exhaustive research is a volume which brings Australia's more recent history to vibrant life
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 624 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • 1. War's after shadows : from the secret armies to the Reds
  • 2. The Great Crash and Fascism's rise : happy valleys and flirtations with extremes
  • 3. Aggression everywhere : appeasement and war
  • 4. In classic lands : success and tragedy in the shadow of the ancient
  • 5. Japan ascendant : the unstoppable force
  • 6. The prophet and the heroes, the politicians and the prisoners : MacArthur, Curtin; war and the people
  • 7. In the balance : military success, political dreams
  • 8. Peace and its discontents : the people want; the people fear
  • 9.Welcome to the 1950s : decade of employment and dread
  • 10. The atomic years : dread defines Australia's nuclear enthusiam
  • 11. A million immigrants and the advance towards Vietnam : new people, new ally
Isbn
9781742374536
Instance
Label
Australians, [Volume 3], Flappers to Vietnam
Title
Australians
Title number
[Volume 3]
Title part
Flappers to Vietnam
Statement of responsibility
Thomas Keneally
Title variation
Flappers to Vietnam
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Australia emerged from WW1 into a decade of profound change, characterised by a revolution in behaviour amongst the young; by the first great age of consumerism; by the new and increasingly sophisticated impact of the movies; by secret right wing armies and the emergence of the Communist Party; and by two less remembered and very interesting PMs, the handsome, sombre Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment, and Jim Scullin, unpretentious Labor man of humbler Irish parentage. As in the two previous volumes of Australians Keneally brings history to vivid and pulsating life as he traces the lives and the deeds of Australians known and unknown. As another war grew closer he follows the famous and the infamous through the Great Crash and the rise of Fascism, and explains how Australia was inexorably drawn into a war which led her forces into combat throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific. At home an atmosphere of fear grew with the fall of Singapore and the bombing of Darwin, the Japanese advance and then the American Alliance and the arrival of General MacArthur. Peace brought its own problems with the Depression that left one-third of Australians unemployed. Keneally believes too that the 1950s are misunderstood - depicted by some as an age of full employment, by others as the age of suburban spread and boredom under the serene prime ministership of Robert Menzies. But Menzies was complicated and so were the 1950s. A majority of Australians believed there would be nuclear war before the end of the decade. The Korean war was seen as prelude, and so our government agreed to British atom bomb tests in the South Australian desert and at the Montebello islands. The fall of the French in Vietnam was prelude to our engagement there and, along with the defection of the Soviet spy Petrov, convinced Australians they were living in the last of days. Under this pressure the talented leader of the ALP, Bert Evatt, one of the founders of the UN, saw his party begin to split in two. On the street, the face of Australia, in an era of great change, was undergoing an Italian, Greek and Slavic-led sea change. And in even greater changes, Asian trade and immigration were coming our way, especially now that we had signed the peace treaty with Japan. The result of masterly writing and exhaustive research is a volume which brings Australia's more recent history to vibrant life
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10447318
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1935-
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Keneally, Thomas
Dewey number
994
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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True
Series statement
Australians
Series volume
[bk. 3]
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Australia
  • Australia
  • Australia
Label
Australians, [Volume 3], Flappers to Vietnam, Thomas Keneally
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-600) and index
Carrier category
volume
Content category
  • still image
  • text
Contents
1. War's after shadows : from the secret armies to the Reds -- 2. The Great Crash and Fascism's rise : happy valleys and flirtations with extremes -- 3. Aggression everywhere : appeasement and war -- 4. In classic lands : success and tragedy in the shadow of the ancient -- 5. Japan ascendant : the unstoppable force -- 6. The prophet and the heroes, the politicians and the prisoners : MacArthur, Curtin; war and the people -- 7. In the balance : military success, political dreams -- 8. Peace and its discontents : the people want; the people fear -- 9.Welcome to the 1950s : decade of employment and dread -- 10. The atomic years : dread defines Australia's nuclear enthusiam -- 11. A million immigrants and the advance towards Vietnam : new people, new ally
Control code
000053461481
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
xi, 624 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781742374536
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
Label
Australians, [Volume 3], Flappers to Vietnam, Thomas Keneally
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-600) and index
Carrier category
volume
Content category
  • still image
  • text
Contents
1. War's after shadows : from the secret armies to the Reds -- 2. The Great Crash and Fascism's rise : happy valleys and flirtations with extremes -- 3. Aggression everywhere : appeasement and war -- 4. In classic lands : success and tragedy in the shadow of the ancient -- 5. Japan ascendant : the unstoppable force -- 6. The prophet and the heroes, the politicians and the prisoners : MacArthur, Curtin; war and the people -- 7. In the balance : military success, political dreams -- 8. Peace and its discontents : the people want; the people fear -- 9.Welcome to the 1950s : decade of employment and dread -- 10. The atomic years : dread defines Australia's nuclear enthusiam -- 11. A million immigrants and the advance towards Vietnam : new people, new ally
Control code
000053461481
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
xi, 624 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781742374536
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits

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