Ebook: The War for White Australia 1914–18 Best We Forget
Author: Cochrane Peter
- Tags: Politics and government, Race relations, White Australia policy, World War 1914-1918--Australia, World War 1914-1918 -- Australia, Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945, Australia -- Race relations, Australia
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
- City: Australia
- Language: English
- epub
The preparation for a coming war and ultimately the commitment to that war was driven by White Australia's sense of vulnerability in the Pacific, by various nightmare scenarios in which Australia could be left to fend for itself, unaided by Britain, and by the determination to have racial purity at almost any cost.
When the war came, finally, the strategy was simple enough: by promising total support the Australians hoped to secure Britain's unequivocal support in return, for a White Australia. They hoped they would not be forsaken.
Dr. Peter Cochrane is a writer of non-fiction, fiction, opinion and travel. His works have won many awards including the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Award for Non-Fiction (1993) for Simpson and the Donkey. He also won the Age Book of the Year and the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History in 2007 for Colonial Ambition. He lives in Sydney.