THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE 1942-1945

Title page
......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
MAPS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 9
CHRONOLOG Y......Page 13
CHAPTER 1  WAR IN THE FAR EAST,  DECEMBER 1941-JANUARY 1942......Page 16
CHAPTER 2  THE ENEMY AT THE GATE, FEBRUARY-MARCH 1942......Page 87
CHAPTER 3  HIGHER POLICY IN THE PACIFIC, APRIL 1942-JUNE 1943......Page 172
CHAPTER 4 ORGANISED FOR TOTAL WAR, APRIL 1942-JUNE 1943......Page 248
CHAPTER 5  THE AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION......Page 314
CHAPTER 6  THE POLITICAL SCENE, JANUARY 1942 TO AUGUST 1943......Page 340
CHAPTER 7  THE BALANCED WAR EFFORT, OCTOBER 1943 TO JUNE 1944......Page 410
CHAPTER 8  THE FORWARD VIEW......Page 482
CHAPTER 9  THE LAST YEAR-JUNE 1944-JUNE 1945......Page 593
CHAPTER 10  THE LAST PHASE IN THE PACIFIC......Page 634
EPILOGUE......Page 672
APPENDIX 1  CIVIL DEFENCE ORGANISATION......Page 687
APPENDIX 2  CIVILIAN WARTIME EXPERIENCE IN THE TERRITORIES OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA......Page 719
APPENDIX 3  THE RETURN OF THE A.I.F. AND ITS USE IN THE AUSTRALIAN THEATRE......Page 760
APPENDIX 4  THE "BRISBANE LINE"-A STUDY IN WARTIME POLITICS......Page 762
APPENDIX 5  THE AUSTRALIA FIRST MOVEMENT......Page 769
APPENDIX 6  A NOTE ON SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE BOMBING OF DARWIN......Page 794
APPENDIX 7  CENSORSHIP REPORTS AS A GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION......Page 796
APPENDIX 8  MACHINERY FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS O F THE AUSTRALIAN AND UNITED STATES FORCES IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA......Page 802
INDEX......Page 806