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This account of Sir Earle Page''s eight-month mission to London provides insights into Anglo-Australian, Anglo-Dominion and United StatesAustralian wartime relations during a crucial phase of the Second World War. It offers an understanding into the man himself: his thoughts about Australia during the war; his hopes for its future after the war; and the relations Page had with leading political figures, military officials, and policy-makers of the day. The diary revolves around interrelated themes: the battles to represent Australia in the British War Cabinet and to secure a larger share of lucrative wartime food contracts; and the future of Anglo-Australian relations in the Pacific as the United States asserted its dominance over its British ally. The ill-fated defence of Malaya/Singapore and the collapse of British prestige at the hands of the Japanese between December 1941 and May 1942 serves as a backcloth to Page''s mission and its significance.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Kent Fedorowich and Jayne Gifford (eds); List of abbreviations; Introduction: The wartime diary of Sir Earle Page and his mission to London, 1941–1942; Editorial practices; the diary of Sir Earle Page; Index.

Sir Earle Pages British War Cabinet Diary

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9781108844949
      978-1108844949
      ISBN-10 1108844944
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      Australasian and Pacific history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This account of Sir Earle Page''s eight-month mission to London provides insights into Anglo-Australian, Anglo-Dominion and United StatesAustralian wartime relations during a crucial phase of the Second World War. It offers an understanding into the man himself: his thoughts about Australia during the war; his hopes for its future after the war; and the relations Page had with leading political figures, military officials, and policy-makers of the day. The diary revolves around interrelated themes: the battles to represent Australia in the British War Cabinet and to secure a larger share of lucrative wartime food contracts; and the future of Anglo-Australian relations in the Pacific as the United States asserted its dominance over its British ally. The ill-fated defence of Malaya/Singapore and the collapse of British prestige at the hands of the Japanese between December 1941 and May 1942 serves as a backcloth to Page''s mission and its significance.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Kent Fedorowich and Jayne Gifford (eds); List of abbreviations; Introduction: The wartime diary of Sir Earle Page and his mission to London, 1941–1942; Editorial practices; the diary of Sir Earle Page; Index.

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