Australian Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in World War II
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Название: Australian Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in World War II
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Автор: Lachlan Grant
Год выпуска: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 4,6 МБ
ISBN: 798178115999
Язык: Английский
СКАЧАТЬ Australian Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in World War II БЕСПЛАТНО EPUB - DOC - DJVU - RTF - PDFОписание: Half a million Australians encountered a new world when they entered Asia and the Pacific during World War II: different peoples, cultures, languages, and religions chafing under the grip of colonial rule.This book paints a picture not only of individual lives transformed, but of dramatically shifting national perceptions, as the gaze of Australia turned from Britain to Asia.
In some ways Charles Alvin Kelly at first appears a typical Australian soldier. From rural Victoria, he answered the call and volunteered for the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF), enlisting in his hometown in April 1940.
Lachlan Grant is a historian at the Australian War Memorial. He is a Visiting Fellow at the school of strategic and defense Studies at the Australian National University and his writings have been published widely on the topics of the Australian prisoner-of-war experience and Australian experiences of the World War II.