Publication

2021 - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Language

English

Word Count

70,250 words, Guess

Page Count

281 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781108844949
  • ISBN-101108844944
  • OCLC Control Number1261899363
  • Better World Books9781108844949
  • Open LibraryOL34794916M

Classifications

  • LCCD811.5
  • LCCDU117.2.P34 S56 2021

Description

"This account of Sir Earle Page's eight-month mission to London provides insights into Anglo-Australian, Anglo-Dominion and United States-Australian wartime relations during a crucial phase of the Second World War. It offers an understanding into the man himself: his thoughts about Australia during the war; his hopes for its future after the war; and the relations Page had with leading political figures, military officials, and policy-makers of the day. The diary revolves around interrelated themes: the battles to represent Australia in the British War Cabinet and to secure a larger share of lucrative wartime food contracts; and the future of Anglo-Australian relations in the Pacific as the United States asserted its dominance over its British ally. The ill-fated defence of Malaya/Singapore and the collapse of British prestige at the hands of the Japanese between December 1941 and May 1942 serves as a backcloth to Page's mission and its significance."--

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