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Broken Nation
Australians in the Great War
By: Joan Beaumont
eBook | 30 October 2013 | Edition Number 1
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Winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History.
The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac 'legend'. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible.
Broken Nation is the first book to bring together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, Joan Beaumont brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating 'Spanish' flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians at home and at the front of death on an unprecedented scale.
A century after the Great War, Broken Nation brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history.
'A deeply researched, judicious and multi-faceted account of the war that became Australia's greatest tragedy - highly readable for a modern audience.' - David Horner, Professor of Australian Defence History, Australian National University
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List of tables and figures
List of maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Prologue: Joe Russell's war
1. 1914: Going to war
2. 1915: Gallipoli and mobilisation at home
3. 1916: War of a different kind
4. 1917: The worst year
5. 1918: Crisis and victory
6. 1919: Peace and memory
Appendix 1: Organisation of the 1st AIF, 1918
Appendix 2: AIF enlistments by month, 1915-18
Notes
Bibliography
Index
ISBN: 9781741761559
ISBN-10: 1741761557
Published: 30th October 2013
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 656
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Edition Number: 1
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