| Description |
344 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 15.Australia jumps the gun -- Melbourne, Monday 3 August -- 16.The Sir Edward Grey show -- London, Monday 3 August -- 17.̀Their manhood at our side' -- London, Friday 31 July to Tuesday 4 August -- 18.̀No immediate necessity' -- London, Monday 3 August and Tuesday 4 August -- 19.Choosing war -- London, Tuesday 4 August -- 20.Fait Accompli -- Melbourne, Tuesday 4 August and Wednesday 5 August -- 21.̀A great and urgent Imperial service' -- London and Melbourne, Wednesday 5 August and Thursday 6 August -- 22.Diversion to Gallipoli 1914-1915 |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Cabinet crisis -- Melbourne and London, Monday 3 August 1914 -- 2.Premonitions -- Australia and Britain, 1900--1911 -- 3.Nightmares -- Australia and Britain, 1911--1914 -- 4.Double Dissolution -- Australia, July 1914 -- 5.Slip-sliding to war -- London, Friday 24 July to Wednesday 29 July -- 6.The ̀Warning Telegram' -- Melbourne and Sydney, Tuesday 28 July to Saturday 1 August -- 7.Champing at the bit -- Wellington, Ottawa, Melbourne, Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August -- 8.A looming love-of-Empire auction -- Colac and Horsham, Friday 31 July -- 9.The view from ̀Yaralla' -- Sydney, Friday 31 July -- 10.The view from the Customs House -- Sydney, Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August -- 11.̀A good war-cry' -- Sydney, Friday 31 July to Saturday 1 August -- 12."There'll be no war' -- London, Saturday 1 August -- 13.The whiff of a khaki election -- Melbourne, Saturday 1 August to Monday 3 August -- 14.Radical angst -- London, Sunday 2 August -- |
| Summary |
Most histories of Australia's Great War rush their readers into the trenches. This history is very different. For the first time, it examines events closely, even hour-by-hour, in both Britain and Australia during the last days of peace in July-August 1914 |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian Defence Force |
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Cook, Joseph |
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Declaration of war |
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Fisher, Andrew |
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Great Britain |
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History |
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International defence relations |
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Political conditions |
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World War 1 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-330) and index |
| Subject |
War, Declaration of -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, British.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918?xDiplomatic history
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World War, 1914-1918‡xDiplomatic history
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1901-1914
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056917
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009599
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056918
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| LC no. |
2015375074 |
| ISBN |
9781925106060 |
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