LEADER 04327nam 22007455 450 001 9910878976703321 005 20250808085217.0 010 $a9783031638060$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031638053 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-63806-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31579727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31579727 035 $a(CKB)33645288900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-63806-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933645288900041 100 $a20240803d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAustralia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939?1947 $ePrisoners of War, International Diplomacy and Australian Foreign Policy /$fby Lee Rippon 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (358 pages) 225 1 $aBritain and the World,$x2947-7190 311 08$aPrint version: Rippon, Lee Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939-1947 Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031638053 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis book explores how Australia managed the prisoner of war issue throughout the Second World War and the immediate post-war period. It examines how the Australian government responded to the captivity of thousands of Australians in Italy and the detention of an even greater number of Italians in Australia. The war, it finds, created a series of diplomatic and political challenges for belligerent governments, including Australia. The author contends that Australia?s response was guided not only by other pragmatic considerations such as reciprocity, the practicalities of war and, importantly, national interest. The Australian government was not the only one to manage its prisoner of war policy in this way. By exploring the Australian government?s relationship with Britain as part of the British Empire, this book clarifies under what circumstances and to what extent Australia sought to assert a level of independence in pursuing its national interest, even when that approach did not align with British policy. Lee Rippon is an early career historian and academic tutor at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Her research focuses on Australia?s military and political contribution to the empire during the Second World War. 410 0$aBritain and the World,$x2947-7190 606 $aAustralasia 606 $aHistory 606 $aInternational relations$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 606 $aMilitary history 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aAustralian History 606 $aDiplomatic and International History 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aMilitary History 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 615 0$aAustralasia. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aInternational relations$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aMilitary history. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 14$aAustralian History. 615 24$aDiplomatic and International History. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aMilitary History. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 676 $a940.5470994 676 $a990 700 $aRippon$b Lee$01764982 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910878976703321 996 $aAustralia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939?1947$94430616 997 $aUNINA