John Monash: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Leatherbound special Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few figures in Australian history command as much admiration and complexity as Sir John Monash — engineer, lawyer, and the general widely regarded as the finest Allied commander of the First World War. Geoffrey Serle's authoritative biography chronicles the life of this remarkable man from his immigrant Jewish roots in colonial Melbourne through his meteoric rise to military genius on the Western Front, painting a portrait of a mind that was as brilliant in the boardroom as it was on the battlefield. Serle draws on exhaustive archival research and personal correspondence to present a nuanced, richly detailed account of a man who defied the limitations of his era, commanding the Australian Corps with a strategic precision that helped turn the tide of the war in 1918. Beyond the battlefield, Serle illuminates Monash's towering intellect and his deep engagement with Australian civic and cultural life, arguing that his subject deserves recognition not merely as a war hero but as one of the most consequential Australians of the twentieth century. Written with scholarly rigour yet compulsive readability, this biography stands as the definitive record of a life lived at the highest pitch of ambition and achievement. For anyone seeking to understand the forces that shaped modern Australia, the question is not whether Monash was great — but how great he truly was.
Author: Geoffrey Serle
Format: Hardback
Published: 2008, Melbourne University Press (in association with Monash University)
Genre: Biography
Edition: Leatherbound special Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few figures in Australian history command as much admiration and complexity as Sir John Monash — engineer, lawyer, and the general widely regarded as the finest Allied commander of the First World War. Geoffrey Serle's authoritative biography chronicles the life of this remarkable man from his immigrant Jewish roots in colonial Melbourne through his meteoric rise to military genius on the Western Front, painting a portrait of a mind that was as brilliant in the boardroom as it was on the battlefield. Serle draws on exhaustive archival research and personal correspondence to present a nuanced, richly detailed account of a man who defied the limitations of his era, commanding the Australian Corps with a strategic precision that helped turn the tide of the war in 1918. Beyond the battlefield, Serle illuminates Monash's towering intellect and his deep engagement with Australian civic and cultural life, arguing that his subject deserves recognition not merely as a war hero but as one of the most consequential Australians of the twentieth century. Written with scholarly rigour yet compulsive readability, this biography stands as the definitive record of a life lived at the highest pitch of ambition and achievement. For anyone seeking to understand the forces that shaped modern Australia, the question is not whether Monash was great — but how great he truly was.