Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939-1947

Prisoners of War, International Diplomacy and Australian Foreign Policy
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-63805-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

Reihe: Britain and the World

This book explores how Australia managed the prisoner of war issue throughout the Second World War and the immediate post-war period. It examines how the Australian government responded to the captivity of thousands of Australians in Italy and the detention of an even greater number of Italians in Australia. The war, it finds, created a series of diplomatic and political challenges for belligerent governments, including Australia. The author contends that Australia’s response was guided not only by other pragmatic considerations such as reciprocity, the practicalities of war and, importantly, national interest. The Australian government was not the only one to manage its prisoner of war policy in this way. By exploring the Australian government’s relationship with Britain as part of the British Empire, this book clarifies under what circumstances and to what extent Australia sought to assert a level of independence in pursuing its national interest, even when that approach did not align with British policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rippon, Lee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Prisoner of War Diplomacy.- Chapter 2. Prisoners of War in Law, War and Foreign Policy.- Chapter 3. ‘Going in the Bag’.- Chapter 4. Australia, Britain and Empire Prisoner of War Policy in International Politics, 1939-1942.- Chapter 5. Detention.- Chapter 6. Punishing the Prisoners: Reprisals, Manipulation, Manacles, and Maltreatment.- Chapter 7. Employing the Enemy: Prisoner of War Labour.- Chapter 8. Wartime Exchange and Repatriation.- Chapter 9. The Beginning of the End: Armistice to Peace.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Rippon is an early career historian and academic tutor at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Her research focuses on Australia’s military and political contribution to the empire during the Second World War.