04156nam a22006375i 4500 978-3-031-63806-0 DE-He213 20251030112710.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240803s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031638060 978-3-031-63806-0 10.1007/978-3-031-63806-0 doi DU1-950 HBJQ bicssc 1MBF bicssc HIS004000 bisacsh NHQ 1MBF thema Rippon, Lee. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 81873 Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939–1947 [electronic resource] : Prisoners of War, International Diplomacy and Australian Foreign Policy / by Lee Rippon. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVIII, 348 p. 13 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Britain and the World, 2947-7190 Chapter 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. This 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. Australasia. 68275 History. International relations History. 72711 Imperialism. 45663 Military history. Great Britain History. 66701 World history. 65220 Australian History. 68278 Diplomatic and International History. 72712 Imperialism and Colonialism. 71228 Military History. History of Britain and Ireland. 66703 World History, Global and Transnational History. 66470 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031638053 Printed edition: 9783031638077 Printed edition: 9783031638084 Britain and the World, 2947-7190 81874 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63806-0 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 62221 62221