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Author |
: Dave Dye |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0992482607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780992482602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Anzac Legend by : Dave Dye
A graphic history which tells the story of the landing of the ANZACs on Gallipoli during the 1914 - 1918 War.
Author |
: Alistair Thomson |
Publisher |
: Monash University Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 2013-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781921867583 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1921867582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anzac Memories by : Alistair Thomson
Anzac Memories was first published to acclaim in 1994, and has achieved international renown for its pioneering contribution to the study of war memory and mythology. Michael McKernan wrote that the book gave ‘as good a picture of the impact of the Great War on individuals and Australia as we are likely to get in this generation’, and Michael Roper concluded that ‘an immense achievement of this book is that it so clearly illuminates the historical processes that left men like my grandfather forever struggling to fashion myths which they could live by’. In this new edition Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a ‘post-memory’ of the Great War creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of the national past, and how veterans’ war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. He returns to a family war history that he could not write about twenty years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans’ post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.
Author |
: James Brown |
Publisher |
: Black Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 126 |
Release |
: 2014-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781922231352 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1922231355 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anzac's Long Shadow by : James Brown
‘A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It’s right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly about that. But have we got our remembrance right? What lessons haven’t we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?’ Defence analyst and former army officer James Brown believes that Australia is expending too much time, money and emotion on the Anzac legend, and that today’s soldiers are suffering for it. Vividly evoking the war in Afghanistan, Brown reveals the experience of the modern soldier. He looks closely at the companies and clubs that trade on the Anzac story. He shows that Australians spend a lot more time looking after dead warriors than those who are alive. We focus on a cult of remembrance, instead of understanding a new world of soldiering and strategy. And we make it impossible to criticise the Australian Defence Force, even when it makes the same mistakes over and over. None of this is good for our soldiers or our ability to deal with a changing world. With respect and passion, Brown shines a new light on Anzac’s long shadow and calls for change. "Bold, original, challenging - James Brown tackles the burgenoning Anzac industry and asks Australians to re-examine how we think about the military and modern-day service." - Leigh Sales "The best book yet written, not just on Australia's Afghan war, but on war itself and the creator/destroyer myth of Anzac." - John Birmingham James Brown is a former Australian Army officer, who commanded a cavalry troop in Southern Iraq, served on the Australian taskforce headquarters in Baghdad, and was attached to Special Forces in Afghanistan. Today he is the Military Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy where he works on strategic military issues and defence policy. He also chairs the NSW Government’s Contemporary Veterans Forum. He lives in Sydney.
Author |
: Patrick Lindsay |
Publisher |
: Hardie Grant Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 90 |
Release |
: 2013-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781743580424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1743580428 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Spirit of Gallipoli by : Patrick Lindsay
In 1915 on a rugged beach in south-western Turkey, young soldiers fighting for their countries forged what we now know at the Anzac spirit. The mateship, loyalty and courage they displayed in the trenches formed the bedrock of the Australian and New Zealand national characters. In 'The Spirit of Gallipoli', bestselling author Patrick Lindsay examines this momentous conflict, bringing to life the heroes and the villians; the tragedy and the glory. In his simple yet powerful retelling, Lindsay shows that our understanding of the Anzac spirit can only be complete once we understand the spirit of Gallipoli.
Author |
: Romain Fathi |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 291 |
Release |
: 2019-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108650595 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108650597 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Corner of the Somme by : Romain Fathi
By the time of the Armistice, Villers-Bretonneux - once a lively and flourishing French town - had been largely destroyed, and half its population had fled or died. From March to August 1918, Villers-Bretonneux formed part of an active front line, at which Australian troops were heavily involved. As a result, it holds a significant place in Australian history. Villers-Bretonneux has since become an open-air memorial to Australia's participation in the First World War. Successive Australian governments have valourised the Australian engagement, contributing to an evolving Anzac narrative that has become entrenched in Australia's national identity. Our Corner of the Somme provides an eye-opening analysis of the memorialisation of Australia's role on the Western Front and the Anzac mythology that so heavily contributes to Australians' understanding of themselves. In this rigorous and richly detailed study, Romain Fathi challenges accepted historiography by examining the assembly, projection and performance of Australia's national identity in northern France.
Author |
: Alistair Thomson |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105005164996 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anzac Memories by : Alistair Thomson
Anzac Memories was first published to acclaim in 1994 (OUP), and has achieved international renown for its pioneering contribution to the study of war memory and mythology. Michael McKernan wrote that the book gave 'as good a picture of the impact of the Great War on individuals and Australia as we are likely to get in this generation', and Michael Roper concluded that 'an immense achievement of this book is that it so clearly illuminates the historical processes that left men like my grandfather forever struggling to fashion myths which they could live by'. In this new edition Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a 'post-memory' of the Great War creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of the national past, and how veterans' war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. He returns to a family war history that he could not write about twenty years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly-released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.
Author |
: Marilyn Lake |
Publisher |
: University of New South Wales |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1742231519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781742231518 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis What's Wrong with ANZAC? by : Marilyn Lake
In recent years Anzac, an idea as much as an actual army corps, has become the dominant force within Australian history, overshadowing everything else. The commemoration of Anzac Day is bigger than ever, while Remembrance Day, VE Day, VP Day and other military anniversaries grow in significance each year.
Author |
: Matthew Haultain-Gall |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2021-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1922464066 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781922464064 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory by : Matthew Haultain-Gall
The Ypres salient 'was the favourite battle ground of the devil and his minions' wrote one returned serviceman after the First World War. Few who fought in the infamous third battle of Ypres - now known as Passchendaele - in 1917 would have disagreed. All five of the Australian Imperial Force's (AIF) infantry divisions were engaged in this bloody campaign. Despite early successes, their attacks floundered when autumn rains drenched the battlefield, turning it into an immense quagmire. By the time the AIF withdrew, it had suffered over 38,000 casualties, including 10,000 dead, far outweighing Australian losses in any other Great War campaign. Given the extent of their sacrifices, the Australians' exploits in Belgium ought to be well known in a nation that has fervently commemorated its involvement in the First World War. Yet, Passchendaele occupies an ambiguous place in Australian collective memory. Tracing the commemorative work of official and non-official agents, The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory explores why these battles became, and still remain, peripheral to the dominant First World War narrative in Australia: the Anzac legend.
Author |
: Rhys Crawley |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2014-03-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806145280 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806145285 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climax at Gallipoli by : Rhys Crawley
Gallipoli: the mere name summons the story of this well-known campaign of the First World War. And the story of Gallipoli, where in August 1915 the Allied forces made their last valiant effort against the Turks, is one of infamous might-have-beens. If only the Allies had held out a little longer, pushed a little harder, had better luck—Gallipoli might have been the decisive triumph that knocked the Ottoman Empire out of the First World War. But the story is just that, author Rhys Crawley tells us: a story. Not only was the outcome at Gallipoli not close, but the operation was flawed from the start, and an inevitable failure. A painstaking effort to set the historical record straight, Climax at Gallipoli examines the performance of the Allies’ Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign to the bitter end. Crawley reminds us that in 1915, the second year of the war, the Allies were still trying to adapt to a new form of warfare, with static defense replacing the maneuver and offensive strategies of earlier British doctrine. In the attempt both the MEF at Gallipoli and the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front aimed for too much—and both failed. To explain why, Crawley focuses on the operational level of war in the campaign, scrutinizing planning, command, mobility, fire support, interservice cooperation, and logistics. His work draws on unprecedented research into the files of military organizations across the United Kingdom and Australia. The result is a view of the Gallipoli Campaign unique in its detail and scope, as well as in its conclusions—a book that looks past myth and distortion to the facts, and the truth, of what happened at this critical juncture in twentieth-century history.
Author |
: David W Cameron |
Publisher |
: Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages |
: 361 |
Release |
: 2007-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781741760361 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1741760364 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis 25 April 1915 by : David W Cameron
On the 25th of April 1915 Australian troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now called Anzac Cove. They rushed from the beach up to Plugge's Plateau into Australian military history suffering many casualties on the way. Just after midday troops from New Zealand landed at Gallipoli and together the Australians and New Zealanders created the Anzac legend. It was the events of this first day that set the course of the whole battle leading to the evacuation of the Anzac troops in December 1915. This is the story of that day telling the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish side of what was to become a tragedy for all three countries and an ultimate triumph for Turkey. It concludes with the visit of Charles Bean, the official Australian war correspondent, to the peninsula in 1919 as part of the Australian Historical mission to organise the burial of the dead that had lain exposed to the elements for the last four years, and to the formation of the cemeteries that are today visited by thousands.