Monash: the outsider who won a war. Roland Perry. 2005.

Australian General Sir John Monash changed the way wars were fought and won. When the British and German High Commands of the First World War failed to gain ascendancy after four years of slaughter never before seen in human history, Monash used innovative techniques and modern technology to plan and win a succession of major battles that led to the end of the Great War.

But Australia’s greatest military commander fought as many battles with those on his side as he did with his enemies in battle. Monash was the classic outsider who rose to greatness despite the mighty odds of his ‘handicaps of birth’ - having a German-Jewish background at a time when racism and prejudice were rife; and being a part-time Colonial soldier in an Imperial British army.