- Publisher: Haus
- Year: 2011
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 210pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 196x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781905791903
- Product code: 510790
Makers of the Modern World: William Hughes
Australia
Carl Bridge New Hardback Illustrated
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Australia’s Prime Minister during the First World War and a leading figure in the ‘British world’, William Morris ‘Billy’ Hughes secured vital concessions for his country and the British Empire at the Paris Peace Conferences.
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The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. The country's sacrifice at Gallipoli in 1915, and the splendid combat record of Australian troops on the Western Front not only created a national awakening at home, but also put Great Britain in their debt, ensuring them greater influence at the Peace Conferences. Australia was represented at Versailles by the Prime Minister, the colourful Billy Hughes, whom Woodrow Wilson called a pestiferous varmint' after their repeated clashes over Australia's claims to the Pacific Islands its troops had taken from Germany during the War. Hughes was also the most vociferous (though by no means at all the only) opponent of the racial equality clause put forward by Japan. Indeed, it was fear of Japanese expansion that drove Australia's territorial demands in the Pacific.
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Australia’s Prime Minister during the First World War and a leading figure in the ‘British world’, William Morris ‘Billy’ Hughes secured vital concessions for his country and the British Empire at the Paris Peace Conferences.
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Carl Bridge
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196x128mm
Haus
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Hardback
Australasian & Pacific
