The Fight for Australia

The Fight for Australia

by Roland Perry
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 25/03/2014

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The compelling story of Australia's desperate fight for survival during World War II.


Previously published as Pacific 360°


In the dark days following the fall of Singapore in Februrary 1942, Australia faced its toughest battle yet. It was centrestage and under direct attack from seemingly invincible Japanese forces. Winston Churchill was demanding our best battle-hardened troops stay in North Africa while President Roosevelt called for them to fight the Japanese in Burma. But Prime Minister John Curtin insisted, in an act of defiance, that they return to defend their homeland.


Australia had never been more isolated – strategically, politically and physically. Or less prepared.


In this masterful and gripping account, Roland Perry brings to life the bravery of our fellow Australians: from the forces engaged in brutal frontline fighting in the jungle, sea and air, to the backroom strategic campaigns waged by our politicians, and the sacrifices made on the home front.


The Fight for Australia is the rich and revealing story of how we, as a nation, fought for our very survival – and stood up for our interests, against friend and foe alike.


Roland Perry is also the author of The Australian Light Horse and The Changi Brownlow.


'I can unashamedly recommend this very readable book, particularly as it fills in a major gap in Australia's history' - Major General Jim Barry (retired)

ISBN:
9780733630156
9780733630156
Category:
Warfare & defence
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
25-03-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Roland Perry

Roland Perry is one of Australia's most prolific and versatile authors. He has published 34 books: from biographies to books on politics, espionage, military history, royalty and sport, and including five novels. His sports books include biographies of Sir Donald Bradman, Steve Waugh, Keith Miller and Shane Warne.

His awards include the Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Award for non-fiction in 2004 for Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War, and Cricket Biography of the Year in 2006 from the UK Cricket Society for Miller's Luck: The Life and Loves of Keith Miller, Australia's Greatest All-rounder.

In 2011 Roland Perry was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for services to literature, and was made a Fellow of Monash University. In 2012 he became Monash University's first Writer-in-Residence, lecturing PhD students on writing and Australian history.

In 2016 ABC Books published Céleste, the biography of the courtesan, countess and author Celeste de Chabrillan, and in 2018 ANZAC Sniper, the biography of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige.

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