Anzac

Author : James Brown
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781922231352

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Anzac's Long Shadow by James Brown Pdf

‘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 : Catriona Hoy,Ben Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Anzac Day
ISBN : 0734410360

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My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day by Catriona Hoy,Ben Johnson Pdf

This picture book for the very young is a simple, moving look at Anzac Day through the eyes of a little girl. She goes to the pre-dawn Anzac Day service with her father where they watch the girl s grandfather march in the parade. This beautifully illustrated book explains what happens on Anzac Day and its significance in terms a young child can understand It is an excellent introduction to this highly venerated ceremony, and poignantly addresses the sentiments aroused by the memory of those who gave their lives for their country.

Author : Belinda Landsberry
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781775592068

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Anzac Ted by Belinda Landsberry Pdf

Author : Kate Simpson,Jess Racklyeft
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760873547

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Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson,Jess Racklyeft Pdf

It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion - all she had ever wanted to do. But Alice couldn't have imagined what she would see. She served four long years and was brave, humble and endlessly compassionate. Using extracts from Alice's actual diaries kept in the Australian War Memorial, this true story captures the danger, the heartache and the history of the young nurse who would one day become the most decorated woman in Australia.

Author : Eric Montgomery Andrews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 052141914X

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The Anzac Illusion by Eric Montgomery Andrews Pdf

This provocative book is reassessment of Australia's role in World War I and its relations with Britain.

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0702234478

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Inventing Anzac by Graham Seal Pdf

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Author : Alistair Thomson
Publisher : Monash University Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921867583

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Anzac Memories by Alistair Thomson Pdf

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 : Antonio Sagona,Mithat Atabay,C. J. Mackie,Richard Reid,Ian McGibbon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111745

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Anzac Battlefield by Antonio Sagona,Mithat Atabay,C. J. Mackie,Richard Reid,Ian McGibbon Pdf

Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory explores the transformation of Gallipoli's landscape in antiquity, during the famed battles of the First World War and in the present day. Drawing on archival, archaeological and cartographic material, this book unearths the deep history of the Gallipoli peninsula, setting the Gallipoli campaign in a broader cultural and historical context. The book presents the results of an original archaeological survey, the research for which was supported by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish Governments. The survey examines materials from both sides of the battlefield, and sheds new light on the environment in which Anzac and Turkish soldiers endured the conflict. Richly illustrated with both Ottoman and Anzac archival images and maps, as well as original maps and photographs of the landscape and archaeological findings, Anzac Battlefield is an important contribution to our understanding of Gallipoli and its landscape of war and memory.

Author : David W. Cameron
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922132192

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Shadows of ANZAC by David W. Cameron Pdf

On 25 April 1915, with the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) below the slopes of Sari Bair on the Gallipoli peninsula, the ANZAC legend was born. Nine months later, having suffered thousands of casualties from disease, hand-to-hand fighting, bombing, sniping and forlorn charges across no man’s land, the politicians and senior military commanders in London called it quits. While the Turks also suffered terribly, they at least emerged victorious. The fighting at Anzac was not restricted to the ANZACs and Turks alone. British troops also fought at Anzac from the earliest days of the invasion and large numbers of British and Indian troops were committed to the Anzac sector during the failed August offensive designed to break the stalemate. The invasion was also supported by large numbers of men — often non-combatants — who performed vital roles. Naval beach officers kept logistics operating in some form of ‘orderly’ fashion; Indian mule handlers moved supplies of food, water and ammunition to the front lines; and medical staff and army chaplains worked on the beach, caring for the wounded and the dead. All these men were frequently under fire from the Turkish battery known as ‘Beachy Bill’. Others surveyed the narrow beachhead and bored deep holes for drinking water; signallers tried desperately to establish and maintain communications; and the gunners hunted the battlefield for suitable places to site their guns. Off the peninsula, but just as vital, were the nursing and medical staff on the hospital ships, at Lemnos, Alexandria, Cairo and Malta, and the airmen who flew above the battlefield spotting for the navy and artillery. Shadows of Anzac: An intimate history of Gallipoli tells the story of the ‘ordinary’ men and women who participated in the Gallipoli campaign from April to December 1915 and gave the Anzac legend meaning. Drawing on letters, diaries and other primary and secondary sources, David Cameron provides an intimate and personal perspective of Anzac, a richly varied portrayal that describes the absurdity, monotony and often humour that sat alongside the horrors of the bitter fight to claim the peninsula.

Author : Carolyn Holbrook
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742241814

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Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography by Carolyn Holbrook Pdf

Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won’t do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story? But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. So how are we to make sense of this struggle over how we remember the Great War? Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour to provide a much-needed historical perspective on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 1915, Australia’s memory of the Great War has declined and surged, reflecting the varied and complex history of the Australian nation itself. Most importantly, it asks why so many Australians persist with the fiction that the nation was born on 25 April 1915.

Author : Si Sheppard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472849168

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ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier by Si Sheppard Pdf

In 1915–18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915–16 pitched the Australian and New Zealand volunteers known as the ANZACs into a series of desperate battles with the Ottoman soldiers defending their homeland. In August 1915, the bitter struggle for the high ground known as Chunuk Bair saw the peak change hands as the Allies sought to overcome the stalemate that set in following the landings in April. The ANZACs also played a key part in the battle of Lone Pine, intended to divert Ottoman attention away from the bid to seize Chunuk Bair. The Gallipoli campaign ended in Allied evacuation in the opening days of 1916. Thereafter, many ANZAC units remained in the Middle East and played a decisive role in the Allies' hard-fought advance through Palestine that finally forced the Turks to the peace table. The fateful battle of Beersheba in October 1917 pitted Australian mounted infantry against Ottoman foot soldiers as the Allies moved on Jerusalem. In this book, noted military historian Si Sheppard examines the fighting men on both sides who fought at Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair and Beersheba. The authoritative text is supported by specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive photographs.

Author : Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds
Publisher : University of New South Wales
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1742231519

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What's Wrong with ANZAC? by Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds Pdf

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 : Carole Van Grondelle
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0864733976

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Angel of the Anzacs by Carole Van Grondelle Pdf

Nora Luxford's life spanned the twentieth century and circled the globe, taking her from turn-of-the-century Hawke's Bay, to Hollywood's golden age, and the elite circles of New York society. She became well-known in New Zealand for her radio broadcasts, but it was the Anzac club, which touched the lives of thousands of young New Zealand and Australian servicemen, that she considered was her greatest achievement.

Author : Jo Hawkins
Publisher : University of Western Australia Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Anzac Day
ISBN : 1760800007

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Consuming Anzac by Jo Hawkins Pdf

"In the years after the Great War, Australian memorials were often engraved with a simple request, "Let silent contemplation be your offering". Today, remembrance is fuelled by a booming Anzac industry. Luxury cruises to far-flung battlegrounds, commemorative sporting contests, blockbuster books, newspaper liftouts, souvenirs, mass-produced Anzac biscuits, and VC winners spruiking beer brands. Australians have been consuming Anzac for a century. While commemoration and commerce have never been entirely separate they have become increasingly intertwined. How does the Anzac Industry shape the way we remember war? And why do marketers seek to align their brands with a failed military campaign? Consuming Anzac reveals how consumer culture has proved central to the contemporary resurgence and proliferation of the Anzac tradition. In probing the ways in which war memory has been produced, marketed and sold since 1915, it offers new insights into the dynamic commercial world and mutually beneficial relationships that underpin the commemoration of war in the twenty-first century."--

Author : Chris Roberts,Paul Stevens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922387943

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Artillery at Anzac by Chris Roberts,Paul Stevens Pdf

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