Jeffrey Grey

Australian Brass

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Australian Brass charts the life of Sir Horace Robertson, one of Australia's most colourful and controversial generals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780521122511
• ISBN-10: 0521122511
• Artikelnr.: 27006255

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Illustrations and maps; Abbreviations; Author's note; Introduction; Part I: 1. Foundations: 1894
1915; 2. A good war: 1916
1919; 3. Between wars: 1919
1940; 4. 'His crowded hour': 1940
1941; 5. 'A turbulent subordinate': 1942
1946; Part II: 6. The occupation of Japan: 1945
1946; 7. The occupation of Japan: 1946
1947; 8. The occupation of Japan: 1948
1950; 9. Robertson, BCOF and the Korean War: 1950
1951; Part III: 10. The final years: 1952
1960; 11. 'Red Robbie': a summation; Bibliographic essay; Notes; Index.