Maestro John Monash : Australia's greatest citizen general / Tim Fischer.
Publication details: Clayton, A : Monash University Publishing, 2014.Description: xxxiii, 268 pages, 16 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781922235596
- Australia's greatest citizen general : Maestro John Monash
- Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931
- Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931
- Monash, John, Sir., 1865-1931
- Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931
- Australia. Army -- Officers -- Biography
- Australia. Australian Army -- Officers -- Biography
- Australia. Army -- Officers -- Biography
- Australia. Army -- Officers
- Australia. Australian Army
- Australia. Australian Army -- Officers -- Biography
- Australia. Australian Army -- Officers -- Biography
- Australia. Army -- Officers -- Biography
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1900 - 1999
- Engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Generals
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Military campaigns
- Generals -- Australia -- Biography
- World War, 1914-1918 |z Australia
- Engineers
- Engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Generals -- Australia -- Biography
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australia -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Australia
- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- History
- Monash, John
- Australian
- Australian Army
- Military command personnel
- Army personnel
- World War 1
- Biography & autobiography (Australia)
- History (Australia)
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- D767.95
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 355.009 FIS | Available | 059891 |
"Melbourne, Jerilderie, Gallipoli, Amiens and beyond" -- title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
section 1 before the great war 1. early years in Jerilderie and Melbourne -- 2. of marriage, bridges and concrete -- 3. the second AIF convoy -- section 2 the world at war -- 4. Gallipolli's bitter lessons learnt -- 5. Monash on the western front -- 6. the battle of Hamel -- 7. a supreme commander, and the upper hand at last -- 8. from Amiens to armistice -- 9. a bitter-sweet feud -- section 3 Monash postwar -- 10. the Buckingham Palace banquet of banquets -- 11. repatriation and demobilisation -- 12. postwar discrimination from Bean and Hughes -- 13. a belated promotion to four star general -- 14. thoughts on'dinkum' Monash from diggers, colonels and generals -- 15. devoid of any virtue -- 16. a way of saying thanks -- 17. the field marshall rank -- 18. postscript and concluding comments.
Who was the most innovative general of WW1? For Tim Fischer, the answer has to be Australias Maestro John Monash, a man who, for all the recognition he received in his lifetime and after, has arguably not been given his proper due. The Honourable Tim Fischer AC is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
