02629nam 2200565 450 991047985540332120200920102503.01-74224-698-21-74224-179-4(CKB)3710000000125686(EBL)1710138(SSID)ssj0001328439(PQKBManifestationID)11867648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001328439(PQKBWorkID)11283466(PQKB)11335187(MiAaPQ)EBC1710138(MiAaPQ)EBC6216012(EXLCZ)99371000000012568620200920d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMenzies at war /Anne HendersonSydney, New South Wales :NewSouth,[2014]©20141 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-20834-4 1-74223-379-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Introduction: The Menzies History Wars; 1. Nadir; 2. The Clan and its Legacy; 3. Last Days of Appeasement; 4. Collective Insecurity; 5. War on all Fronts; 6. War at a Distance; 7. Menzies' Dark and Hurrying Day; 8. The Enemy Within; 9. On the Wings of a Phoenix; 10. Winning with Menzies; Conclusion: The long Peace; Appendix: Menzies' Account of his 1941 Resignation; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; IndexIn the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. Many followers of Australian political history, including Liberal party supporters, forget that Robert Menzies had many years in the political wilderness not knowing he would end up being Australia's longest-serving prime minister. This book focuses on the period between 1941, when Menzies lost the prime-ministership, to 1949, when he regained it. In the interim he travelled around the world,PoliticiansAustraliaBiographyPrime ministersAustraliaBiographyAustraliaPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.PoliticiansPrime ministers994.04092Henderson Anne1949-947813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910479855403321Menzies at war2142290UNINA03176oam 22005774a 450 991052467350332120210915050452.01-7370404-8-4(CKB)5600000000005193(OCoLC)1267685058(MdBmJHUP)muse99031(EXLCZ)99560000000000519320201209d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPacifist to PadreThe World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 /Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Roland B. Gittelsohn (Chaplains Corps), U.S. Navy ReserveQuantico, Virginia :Marine Corps University Press,2020.©2020.1 online resource1-7320031-5-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / by Donald M. Bishop -- Introduction: what not to expect -- Pacifist no more -- I don't believe it! -- To be or not to be -- Recipe for chaplains -- What makes morale? -- Your friend away from home -- Your life-- in three minutes -- Am I a man or a machine? -- Where do we go from here? -- This is it, boys! -- Dear son -- Religion in uniform -- Atheists and foxholes -- Doggone it, chaplain! -- Brothers all? -- Black sand-- red blood -- Earth to earth -- Postscript:: Now I believe it! -- Appendices: Padre in hell, Leatherneck article -- Brothers all? Reconstructionist article -- Biographical sketch -- Chronology."Pacifist to Padre deftly threads so many elements of the World War II chaplaincy into a compelling and thoughtful narrative. It offers a personal window into a complex institution. It provides insight into the world of an unusual American space that has been naturalized as normal: of government-sponsored and managed religion. And it brings that world into focus from the vantage point of a man who never would have predicted pinning the Jewish chaplain's tablet insignia to his collar, a Jewish pacifist turned military padre"--Provided by publisher.World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanIwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, JewishMilitary moraleUnited StatesMarinesUnited StatesPsychologyRabbisUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945ChaplainsUnited StatesElectronic books. World War, 1939-1945Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945World War, 1939-1945Participation, Jewish.Military moraleMarinesPsychology.RabbisWorld War, 1939-1945Chaplains940.54/78092BGittelsohn Roland Bertram1910-1995,1088342Bishop Donald M.1945-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524673503321Pacifist to Padre2605757UNINA