Preface: How has the ninth edition been updated? In this updated edition, certain chapters have in added in light of the attacks of September 11, 2001. There was a chapter added on the foreign policies of Clinton and Yelstin-Putin also, an introduction to the beginnings of George W. Bush’s fo...

“How and why did the federal Government introduce conscription and censorship on the Australian Home front? What was the role of women on the home front?” Soon after the war broke out in Europe, the Australian government decided to introduce conscription for the defence of Australia and her t...