David Day (historian)

This article is about the Australian historian and author. For other people of the same name, see David Day.

Menzies & Churchill at war: a controversial new account of the 1941 struggle for power. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1986. p. 271. ISBN   0-207-15169-5.

The Great Betrayal: Britain, Australia and the Onset of the Pacific War, 1939–42. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1988. p. 388. ISBN   0-207-15328-0.

Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan, 1942–45. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1992. p. 370. ISBN   0-19-553453-0.

Smugglers and Sailors: The Customs History of Australia, 1788–1901. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service Press. 1992. p. 528. ISBN   0-644-24751-7.

Contraband and Controversy: The Customs History of Australia from 1901. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service Press. 1996. p. 558. ISBN   0-644-33151-8.

Brave new world: Dr. H.V. Evatt and Australian foreign policy 1941–1949. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press. 1996. p. 182. ISBN   0-7022-2608-4.

Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1996. p. 488. ISBN   0-207-19670-2.

John Curtin: A Life. Sydney: HarperCollins. 1999. p. 610. ISBN   0-207-19669-9.

Chifley. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2001. p. 562. ISBN   0-7322-6702-1.

The Politics of War. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2003. p. 750. ISBN   0-7322-7333-1. Completely revised and updated edition bringing together two earlier works: The Great Betrayal and Reluctant Nation.

Conquest: A New History of the Modern World. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2005. p. 370. ISBN   0-7322-7765-5.

The Weather Watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology. Carlton: Melbourne University Publishing. 2007. p. 530. ISBN   978-0-522-85275-2.

Conquest: how societies overwhelm others . New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. pp.  288. ISBN   978-0-19-534011-2.

Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia. London: Fourth Estate. 2008. p. 496. ISBN   978-0-7322-7610-2.

Flaws in the ice: In search of Douglas Mawson . Melbourne: Scribe. 2013. p. 316. ISBN   978-1-9220-7074-6.

The Story of a Prime Minister: Paul Keating, a Biography. Sydney: HarperCollins Australia. pp. 576. ISBN   978-0-7322-8425-1.

Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People. Melbourne: Scribe. 2019. ISBN   978-1-925713-78-7.

References

1. "Interview by Marshall Poe with David Day". New Books in History. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original (streaming audio) on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
2. "Dr David Day". Academy Fellows. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

External links

• Interview by Marshall Poe with David Day in New Books in History on 11 July 2008 –streaming audio interview
• Personal homepage of David Day
• Conquest: a review by Morag Fraser in The Age on 30 July 2005

David Day
Born	David Andrew Day (1949-06-24) 24 June 1949 (age 76) Melbourne, [1] Australia
Awards	South Australian Festival Award for Non-Fiction (1998) Queensland Premier's History Book Award (2000) Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2004)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Influences	Geoffrey Blainey [1]

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