Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence

by John Connor

Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce - a carpenter who became one Australia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, World War I. The nation's longest-serving defence minister - holding the portfolio before, during and after the Great War - Pearce saw no contradiction in being both a fierce Australian nationalist, and also a loyal subject of the British Empire.Anzac...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107009502
• ISBN13: 9781107009509
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"