Print version: Conscription conflict and the Great War. Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2016 220 pages Australian history (Monash University Publishing) ISBN 9781925377224
’The most interesting experiment that has ever been made in a political democracy’: conscription and the Great War / Robin Archer and Sean Scalmer -- ’A real heritage of the English people: British liberalism and ’continental despotism’ / Douglas Newton -- Labour and liberty: the origins of the conscription referendum / Robin Archer -- Anti-conscription in Australia: individuals, organisations and arguments / Frank Bongiorno -- Universities and conscription: the ’yes’ campaigns and the University of Melbourne / Joy Damousi -- The results of the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums re-examined / Murray Goot -- Why was it easier to introduce and implement conscription in some English-speaking countries than others? / John Connor -- Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia / Ross McKibbin -- Legend and lamentation: remembering the anti-conscription struggle / Sean Scalmer.