Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Thursday 14 January 1954, page 7
Rush for Novel
London. Wednesday: The Australian John Cleary's novel about the A.I.F., "The Climate of Courage," is being acclaimed here as "The Cruel Sea" of the war on land.
The publishers, (Collins)
say that 28,000 copies have
been sold in Britain in the first week of publication.