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Anzac's Long Shadow

James Brown
Anzac s Long Shadow Book PDF

Author : James Brown
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781922231352

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‘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.

The Anzac Legend

Dave Dye
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Author : Dave Dye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0992482607

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A graphic history which tells the story of the landing of the ANZACs on Gallipoli during the 1914 - 1918 War.

Anzac Memories

Alistair Thomson
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Author : Alistair Thomson
Publisher : Monash University Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921867583

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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.

Spirit of Gallipoli

Patrick Lindsay
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Author : Patrick Lindsay
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743580424

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Spirit of Gallipoli by Patrick Lindsay Pdf

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.

Our Corner of the Somme

Romain Fathi
Our Corner of the Somme Book PDF

Author : Romain Fathi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108471497

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Our Corner of the Somme by Romain Fathi Pdf

An analysis of the memorialisation of Australia's role in the Somme and the Anzac mythology that contributes to Australia's identity.

Anzac Memories

Alistair Thomson
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Author : Alistair Thomson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005164996

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Anzac Memories by Alistair Thomson Pdf

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.

The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory

Matthew Haultain-Gall
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Author : Matthew Haultain-Gall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922464066

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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.

Albany at the Dawn of the Anzac Legend

Philip Bonser
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Author : Philip Bonser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0992368006

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'Albany at the Dawn of the Anzac Legend' captures the unique story of a quiet country town located at the southern tip of Western Australia and how it played an integral role in the first convoys of Australian and New Zealand forces to the battlefield of Gallipoli in November and December, 1914. This story takes us to the end of the Great War, to the tradition of the dawn service, and through to Albany as it stands today - an important commercial centre for the Great Southern region of Western Australia and a charming and popular tourist destination.

25 April 1915

David W Cameron
25 April 1915 Book PDF

Author : David W Cameron
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741760361

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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.

What's Wrong with ANZAC?

Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds
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Author : Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds
Publisher : University of New South Wales
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1742231519

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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.

Australia's War 1914-18

Joan Beaumont
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Author : Joan Beaumont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000256307

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Australia's War 1914-18 by Joan Beaumont Pdf

Australia's War, 1914-18 explores Australia's involvement in the First World War and the effect this had on the nation' s society. In this very accessible book, Joan Beaumont, Pam Maclean, Marnie Haig-Muir and David Lowe focus on: where Australians fought and why; the tensions and realignments within Australian politics in the period of 1914-18; the stresses of the war on Australian society, especially on women and those whom wartime hysteria cast in the role of the 'enemy' at home; the impact of the war on the country's economy; the role played by Australia in international diplomacy; and finally, the creation and influence of the Anzac legend. Once dominated by the battlefield and official accounts of the war correspondent and official historian, C.E.W. Bean, Australian writing on the war has acquired a new depth and sophistication. Studies of the home front reveal a society riven by divisions without precedent in the nation's history. This single volume will be invaluable to tertiary students and of enormous interest to the reader concerned with the social, political and military history of Australia.

Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend

Dr Donna Coates
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Author : Dr Donna Coates
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781743329030

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Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend by Dr Donna Coates Pdf

War is traditionally considered a male experience. By extension, the genre of war literature is a male-dominated field, and the tale of the battlefield remains the privileged (and only canonised) war story. In Australia, although women have written extensively about their wartime experiences, their voices have been distinctively silenced. Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend calls for a re-definition of war literature to include the numerous voices of women writers, and further recommends a re-reading of Australian national literatures, with women’s war writing foregrounded, to break the hold of a male-dominated literary tradition and pass on a vital, but unexplored, women’s tradition. Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend examines the rich body of World Wars I and II and Vietnam War literature by Australian women, providing the critical attention and treatment that they deserve. Donna Coates records the reaction of Australian women writers to these conflicts, illuminating the complex role of gender in the interpretation of war and in the cultural history of twentieth-century Australia. By visiting an astonishing number of unfamiliar, non-canonical texts, Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend profoundly alters our understanding of how Australian women writers have interpreted war, especially in a nation where the experience of colonising a frontier has spawned enduring myths of identity and statehood.

The Anzac Girls

Peter Rees
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Author : Peter Rees
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743437438

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The harrowing, dramatic and profoundly moving story of the Australian and New Zealand nurses who served in the Great War. Now a major six-part television series. By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have prepared them. Their strength and dignity were remarkable. Using diaries and letters, Peter Rees takes us into the hospital camps and the wards, and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history. But he also allows the friendships and loves of these courageous and compassionate women to shine through and enrich our experience. Profoundly moving, Anzac Girls is a story of extraordinary courage and humanity shown by a group of women whose contribution to the Anzac legend has barely been recognised in our history. Peter Rees has changed that understanding forever.

Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography

Carolyn Holbrook
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Author : Carolyn Holbrook
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,7 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.

Faith of the Anzacs

Daniel Reynaud
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Author : Daniel Reynaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922817112

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Faith of the Anzacs by Daniel Reynaud Pdf

The Anzac legend is ruthlessly secular. If religious references appear at all, they are usually as profanity or the ritual presence of a chaplain burying the dead. But religion played an important part in the lives of many Anzacs. These Anzac heroes were legends-and not just for their courage and endurance at Gallipoli. These men were also respected, and even loved, for their sturdy faith in God.