Author:
Payton, Philip.
Imprint:London : Robert Hale, c2015.
Description272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:To 'our last man and our last shilling': Australia goes to war -- Making a nation? The Gallipoli landing -- Heroic defeat: withdrawal from Anzac -- Half a world away: Australia's home front -- Fromelles, pozieres and the Somme -- The seat of empire: Australians in Blighty -- Trouble at home: the conscription crisis -- Tragedy to triumph: 1917-1918 -- A peace of sorts.
Note:.A compelling history of of Australia and its people during the global conflict of 1914-1918. It charts the experiences of ordinary men and women against a backdrop of war and the years that followed.