The Strength Of A Nation: Six Years Of Australians Fighting For The Nation And Defending The Homefront In Wwii
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When the storm of World War II broke over the Pacific, Australia faced a reckoning unlike any in its history — a nation simultaneously sending its sons to foreign battlefields while scrambling to defend its own shores against a looming Japanese threat. The Strength of a Nation by Michael McKernan chronicles the full six years of Australia's wartime experience, presenting an intimate and sweeping portrait of a society stretched to its absolute limits, where soldiers, women, workers, and civilians alike were called upon to sustain a war effort of extraordinary scale and sacrifice. McKernan, one of Australia's most respected military historians, brings his authoritative voice to bear on the human stories behind the grand strategic narratives, illustrating how the homefront was not merely a backdrop to the fighting but a battleground in its own right. Drawing on diaries, letters, and official records, he argues that the true strength of Australia lay not in its military hardware but in the resilience and unity of its people. A profound tribute to a generation defined by duty, The Strength of a Nation leaves the reader asking one haunting question: could such a nation rise again?
Author: Michael Mckernan
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When the storm of World War II broke over the Pacific, Australia faced a reckoning unlike any in its history — a nation simultaneously sending its sons to foreign battlefields while scrambling to defend its own shores against a looming Japanese threat. The Strength of a Nation by Michael McKernan chronicles the full six years of Australia's wartime experience, presenting an intimate and sweeping portrait of a society stretched to its absolute limits, where soldiers, women, workers, and civilians alike were called upon to sustain a war effort of extraordinary scale and sacrifice. McKernan, one of Australia's most respected military historians, brings his authoritative voice to bear on the human stories behind the grand strategic narratives, illustrating how the homefront was not merely a backdrop to the fighting but a battleground in its own right. Drawing on diaries, letters, and official records, he argues that the true strength of Australia lay not in its military hardware but in the resilience and unity of its people. A profound tribute to a generation defined by duty, The Strength of a Nation leaves the reader asking one haunting question: could such a nation rise again?