On Our Doorstep - by Craig Collie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>'I can't understand the mentality of the Australian people. One day they are in a panic about the war and the next they want more race meetings.' - John Curtin. By March 1942, the Japanese had steamrolled through Malaya, laid siege to Singapore, and bombed Darwin with the same ferocity they had dealt Pearl Harbor. Nothing could stop them. Their next step was inevitable, surely: the invasion and occupation of Australia. Meanwhile, as Australian prime minister John Curtin was battling with Winston Churchill to get troops back from overseas to defend their homeland, he was also positioning to ensure the United States would be there with us to fend off the approaching enemy. And at home, people pitched in as best they could and in any way to frustrate the invader. They all played their part, torn between 'she'll be right' and near panic. On Our Doorstep is the story of how Australia and Australians, the government, the military and the people - prepared to face this calamity, and the events that persuaded them of its probability. In the end, Japan found it had stretched itself beyond the reliability of its supply line, but had it ever intended to invade Australia?--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>'I can't understand the mentality of the Australian people, ' said John Curtin. 'One day they are in a panic about the war and the next they want more race meetings.' <p/>Australia has a history of believing itself to be under threat of invasion. In 1942 that threat, in the form of invasion and occupation by the Japanese, seemed more imminent than the earlier fears. <i>On Our Doorstep</i> is the story of how Australia and Australians - the government, the military and the people - prepared to face this calamity, and the events that persuaded them of its probability. The Japanese had steamrolled through Malaya and Singapore, and bombed Darwin with the same ferocity they had dealt Pearl Harbor. Nothing could stop them. Their next step was inevitable, surely. <p/>Meanwhile, wartime leader John Curtin was battling with Winston Churchill to get Australian troops back to defend their homeland, and positioning to ensure America's help to fend off the approaching enemy. At home, people pitched in as best they could and in any way to frustrate the invader, all playing their part, torn between 'she'll be right' and near panic. Amid plans and rumoured plans to abandon the north to the enemy and deny Australia resources through scorched earth, particular attention was paid to northern Australia and the islands beyond. <p/>In the end, Japan found it had stretched itself beyond the reliability of its supply line, but had it ever intended to invade Australia?<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Craig Collie</b> is the author of the highly acclaimed<i> The Path of Infinite Sorrow: The Japanese on the Kokoda Track </i>and<i> Nagasaki: The massacre of the innocent and unknowing, </i>as well as<i> The Reporter and the Warlords: An Australian at large in China's republican revolution </i>and<i> Code Breakers: Inside the shadow world of signals intelligence in Australia's two Bletchley Parks</i>. He is a TV producer-director by background and was head of TV Production at SBS.
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