Joan Beaumont

About The Author

Joan Beaumont is Professor Emerita at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. She was previously Dean of Arts and Professor of History at Deakin University in Victoria.

Books by Joan Beaumont

Beyond Surrender

Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century

Editor Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant and Aaron Pegram
Over the twentieth century 35,000 Australians suffered as prisoners of war in conflicts ranging from World War I to Korea. What was the reality of their captivity? Beyond Surrender presents for the first time the diversity of the Australian 'behind-the-wire' experience, dissecting fact from ficti...
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Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats

Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941–1969

By Joan Beaumont, Christopher Waters and David Lowe
In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia's international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs....
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