Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the
extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield
commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: John
Monash and Harry Chauvel.
Monash commanded the Australian forces on the Western Front at the most
critical time of the war, 1918. In the war against the Ottoman Empire in
the Middle East, Chauvel led the 34,000-strong Desert Mounted Column.
By the end of the war Monash and Chauvel had brought a distinctly
Australian sensibility to their areas of operation, involving
flexibility, innovation and a deep respect for the troops they led,
which was in turn reciprocated by their men. Their impact on the war was
immense and, in this fascinating and compelling account, bestselling
author Roland Perry does full justice to their extraordinary careers and
the soldiers under their command.