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The CiP data shows the subtitle Australian Prisoners of War Come Home. Australian historian McKernan challenges the vision that Australian soldiers return from war to resume their lives as civilians where they left off to do their duty. The reality is very different, he says, especially for former p

An absorbing examination of what it was like to wait and to worry the homefront during the years of the loved ones' captivity. It deal with a world that military history has preferred to ignore: the impact of war on wives, mothers, sons, daughters, relatives and friends - and on the soldiers themselves once back home.

Social historian McKernan worked with Beaurepaire at the Australian War Memorial for over a decade, and draws on his personal contact with her for part of his story. She was a founding member of the Liberal Party and a close ally of Malcolm Fraser, played a key role in the party over three decades,

Commemorates Victoria's World War I soldiers, nurses and their families in stories from the home front and battlefront. Bestselling historian Michael McKernan tells the stories that highlight the generosity, devotion, sacrifice and spirit of a community pushed towards breaking point.

A history of rural Australia across two centuries. Michael McKernan has listened to the stories of the people of the valley of Jugiong in southern New South Wales. It is a story of great wealth and hard work, of struggle and achievement. It is a story of the love of the land, of the creation of community, of the love of country.

Low-income families have scant savings to cushion a job loss or illness, and can find economic mobility impossible without funds to invest in education, homes, or businesses. And though a lack of resources leaves such families vulnerable, income-support programs are often closed to those with a bit of savings or even a car. Considering welfare-to-work reforms, the increasingly advanced skill demands of the American workforce, and our stretched...

A tour de force about the impact of war on one family over the twentieth century. Working at the Australian War Memorial for many years, Michael McKernan had heard and written about many stories of war. For him, war was never about the big picture, it always came down to the individual. Yet little did he know when he met his future wife in 1989 that her father would soon be telling him, over many leisurely afternoons, his own story, of being ...

Subtitled, "Six Years Of Australians Fighting For The Nation & Defending The Homefront In World War II". A compelling and passionate account of Australians in World War II, both on the home front and on the battle fronts.