Steve Eather

Broschiertes Buch

Forgetting The National Interest

Australian Waterfront & Coal Strikes in World War II and the Curtin Government's Response to Them

Beschreibung

This book tells the story of the now forgotten Australian waterfront and coal strikes in World War II that so damaged the Australian war effort and the Curtin Government's ineffectual responses to them. These strikes were a disaster for Australian and highly embarassing for the Curtin Government. Unsuccessfully battling unions and workers nearly bought a sympathic Labor Government to its knees and even brought fourth an offer by Prime Minister Curtin to resign if this would bring an end to strikes. How could this happen in wartime?

Autor

Steve Eather is a Melbourne based historian and museum curator & collections manager who has worked for more than 20 years in the Australian cultural heritage sector. He has written nine books and edited others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9783848436804
• ISBN-10: 3848436809
• Artikelnr.: 35471512