Название: John Curtin's War, Volume 2: Triumph and Decline
Автор: John Edwards
Издательство: Viking Australia
ISBN: 0143791362
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 560
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 10,7 МБ
Язык: Английский
The first volume of John Curtin’s War was recognized as ‘a landmark in Australian political biography’ (The Australian) and ‘remarkable’ (AFR). That book ends with the fall of Singapore and a fundamental realignment of Australia’s place in the world: ‘The Americans were coming. So were the Japanese.’ This second volume, ‘Triumph and Decline’, tells the full, fascinating story of the next four years, as Curtin leads Australia in meeting its enemy and its new friend, the latter personified by the charismatic, self-certain General Douglas MacArthur. As Churchill abandons Australia and pursues a ‘Hitler first’ strategy, Curtin and MacArthur fight to ensure that the War in the Pacific is an American priority.