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Informationen zum Autor Carl Bridge is Head of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College, London. He has both a PhD in History and a Diploma in Education from the Flinders University of South Australia and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His current research falls into four areas: the history of Australian diplomacy and defence; war and society in 20th-century Australia; Australian historiography; and the history of the British world. He is co-editor of London Papers in Australian Studies and Reviews in Australian Studies. His publications include (with Bernard Attard) editing Between Empire and Nation: Australian External Relations from Federation to the Second World War (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2000) and contributing 'Anzac Day' to the Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (OUP, forthcoming). Klappentext The Versailles Conference saw the awakening on the world stage of Australian nationhood after the sacrifices of war. Zusammenfassung The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. Australia was represented at Versailles by the Prime Minister, the colourful Billy Hughes. Hughes was also the most vociferous opponent of the racial equality clause put forward by Japan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Introduction I. The Life and the Land 1. New South Welshman! 1862-1901 2. Nation-building and Troubleshooting! 1901-14 3. War! 1914-16 4. The Battle for Conscription! 1916-18 5. Man of Empire! 1918 II. The Paris Peace Conference 6. Peacemaking! 1919 7. Dividing the Spoils! 1919 III. The Legacy 8. On Top of the British World? 1919-23 9. Elder Statesman! 1923-52 Conclusion Notes Chronology Further Reading Select Bibliography Picture Sources Index ...
