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Author | : James Brown |
Publisher | : Black Inc. |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2014-02-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1922231355 |
Download Anzac's Long Shadow Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
‘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 | : Peter Rees |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2014-06-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1743437439 |
Download The Anzac Girls Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1126 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Download The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: The story of Anzac from 4 May, 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula, by C. E. W. Bean Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Chris Roberts |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2015-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 192213225X |
Download The Landing at ANZAC 1915 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 challenges many of the cherished myths of the most celebrated battle in Australian and New Zealand history – myths that have endured for almost a century. Told from both the ANZAC and Turkish perspectives, this meticulously researched account questions several of the claims of Charles Bean’s magisterial and much-quoted Australian official history and presents a fresh examination of the evidence from a range of participants. The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 reaches a carefully argued conclusion in which Roberts draws together the threads of his analysis delivering some startling findings. But the author’s interest extends beyond the simple debunking of hallowed myths, and he produces a number of lessons from the armies of today. This is a book that pulls the Gallipoli campaign into the modern era and provides a compelling argument for its continuing relevance. In short, today’s armies must never forget the lessons of Gallipoli.
Author | : Peter Pedersen |
Publisher | : Carlton Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781847324832 |
Download ANZACs at War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This title explores the vital role the ANZACs played in the major conflicts of the 20th century and beyond, beginning with their heroism in the First World War and continuing through the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War to the present century's War on Terror.
Author | : Belinda Landsberry |
Publisher | : Exisle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2014-10-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1775592065 |
Download Anzac Ted Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Laffin |
Publisher | : London ; New York : Abelard-Schuman |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Williams |
Publisher | : UNSW Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780868405087 |
Download German Anzacs and the First World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
By 1914, Australia's German immigrants were well-regarded in their communities and made up (after Irish and Scots) the fourth-largest white ethnic community in Australia. This history traces the experience of the immigrants who enlisted for service in World War I and the difficulties they faced.
Author | : Peter R. Burgess |
Publisher | : Peter Burgess |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2021-11-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 064536200X |
Download The First Ashore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book recounts the life stories of a small group of Queensland 9th Battalion Anzacs who hold the unique honour of being the first soldiers ashore at the Gallipoli landing in 1915. For World War 1 Diggers, their identity was a serious and sometimes contentious matter of battalion pride. Over the decades, these first Anzacs have gained a significant place in the Anzac Legend. Extensive research has confidently identified 26 of the approximate 30 Anzacs who were in this first boat ashore. Their life stories are retold to intimately reveal the war experiences of ordinary Australians. Heroic actions and horrendous ordeals are highlighted. Mateship, self-sacrifice, dedication to duty and changing identity are recurring themes. While many of those who survived returned home to broken lives, for some, the unique and proud identity as first ashore, 'original' Anzacs inspired strength and leadership. Important contributions were made to the post-war community and veteran affairs.
Author | : Mark Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781107301818 |
Download Anzacs in the Middle East Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Provides an exploration of the experiences of soldiers who fought in the Middle East during World War II.