- 180 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The third volume of Thomas Keneally's history of the Australian people, Australians: Flappers to Vietnam chronicles the lives and deeds of Australians, both known and unknown, during the 20th century. Entering an age of consumerism, media, and communism, Australia underwent radical change in the hands of two less remembered prime ministers: the stoic Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment and the humbler Irishman Jim Scullin of the Labor Party. Keneally examines the Great Crash, the rise of fascism, the reasons why Australia entered the Second World War through the massive unemployment that arrived later in the century. With a compassionate lens and rich storytelling, Flappers to Vietnam presents history in a fresh and vivid way.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter 1 War’s after-shadows: From the secret armies to the Reds
- Chapter 2 The Great Crash and Fascism’s rise: Happy valleys and flirtations with extremes
- Chapter 3 Aggression everywhere: Appeasement and war
- Chapter 4 In classic lands: Success and tragedy in the shadow of the ancient
- Chapter 5 Japan ascendant: The unstoppable force
- Chapter 6 The prophet and the heroes, the politicians and the prisoners: MacArthur, Curtin; war and the people
- Chapter 7 In the balance: Military success, political dreams
- Chapter 8 Peace and its discontents: The people want; the people fear
- Chapter 9 Welcome to the 1950s: Decade of employment and dread
- Chapter 10 The atomic years: Dread defines Australia’s nuclear enthusiasm
- Chapter 11 A million immigrants and the advance towards Vietnam: New people; new ally
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright Page