Making the legend : the war writings of C.E.W. Bean - Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow), 1879-1968.; Winter, Denis (St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1992)
Machine derived contents note: Illustrations ix -- Preface xi -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Formation of the AIF, 1914 19 -- The first days 20 -- Territorial structure 22 -- Commanding officer subdivisions 23 -- Distinctive appearance 23 -- Generous pay scales 24 -- Training at Mena 26 -- The bonding process at work in Egypt 27 -- William Birdwood, commander of the Anzac Corps 29 -- Bean's private reservations about Birdwood 30 -- 3 Gallipoli, 1915 32 -- Approaching the Gallipoli Coast 33 -- The Landing 33 -- Advancing from the beach 38 -- Derham's advance 40 -- The defenders of Pine Ridge 44 -- The first relief 45 -- The battle of Krithia 47 -- A character sketch of William Bridges 52 -- The Turkish offensive 54 -- Simpson 57 -- Life in the trenches on Gallipoli 59 -- Quinn's Post 61 -- Maurice Hankey's opinion 63 -- The condition of the troops 64 -- The Light Horse prepare for assault 66 -- Charge of the Light Horse at the Nek 67 -- Lone Pine 72 -- Evacuation 76 -- 4 Apprenticeship on the Western Front 77 -- Arrival in France 77 -- Learning about the front line 79 -- Patrolling no man's land 82 -- Trench raids 83 -- Bean's diary record of the episode 84 -- Out of the line after a spell of trench duty 85 -- 5 Fromelles and the Somme, 1916 87 -- Fromelles - flawed decision making 89 -- "The first assault at Fromelles 91 -- The "truce" at Fromelles 94 -- The day after the battle 97 -- Fromelles battlefield two years later 98 -- Bean's private accounts of the Pozieres period 100 -- The shelling of Australian troops at Pozieres 102 -- Jacka's counter-attack 104 -- The grenade fight at Munster Alley 106 -- Bean's assessment of the fighting at Pozieres 108 -- The battle at Flers 110 -- Postscript to the battle at Flers 115 -- The condition of the AIF after the Somme battle 115 -- 6 Realities of battle 117 -- Going forward to the front line 118 -- Waiting for the signal to attack 119 -- Assault behind a creeping barrage 119 -- Assault without artillery cover 120 -- Short shooting 121 -- An advance repulsed 122 -- The two front lines collide 124 -- Stillness in the wake of an assault 125 -- Captives 126 -- Coming out of battle 128 -- Death in battle 131 -- The death of Bean s cousin 132 -- Lament for dear friends 133 -- 7 The toll of battle 135 -- Signs of combat fatigue 135 -- Breaking under the strain 137 -- On first realising the odds against survival 139 -- "The bonds of comradeship 140 -- The routine of discipline, 1918 141 -- Loyalty among individuals 142 -- Loyalty to the battalion 143 -- Cameos of leadership 146 -- Meysey Hammond 148 -- Captain Littler 150 -- "Rest" 154 -- Leave 154 -- The tonic of open warfare 155 -- Curiosity 156 -- Brudenell White at issue with Bean 157 -- Bean's letter to Raws' commanding officer 157 -- Captain Short' s reply 158 -- 8 Bullecourt and Passchendaele, 1917 161 -- The first battle of Bullecourt 162 -- White's comment on the decision to attack 165 -- 1st Bullecourt - the Australians attack 166 -- Australian POWs, 1st Bullecourt 169 -- Bean's assessment of 1st Bullecourt 174 -- White's protest at British handling 177 -- The second battle of Bullecourt 178 -- Bean' s assessment of his 2nd Bullecourt account 182 -- Gellibrand's reaction to vol. 4, Official History 183 -- Attack on Broodseinde Ridge 184 -- A losing race with the weather 186 -- The story of Passchendaele in letters 187 -- " Missing in action" 190 -- Pillbox fighting in the Ypres Salient 190 -- Coming out of the line at Passchendaele 192 -- 9 1918: The 1st AIF's finest -- achievements 193 -- The period of panic, March-April 1918 193 -- McDougall's fight at Dernancourt 195 -- The Australian offensive at Morlancourt 200 -- The Australian offensive at Hangard Wood 202 -- The "sleepy raid" 206 -- VC won by "peaceful penetration" 209 -- Bean on Monash in the Official History 211 -- Bean on Monash in private correspondence 212 -- Bean on Monash, a typical diary entry 213 -- Instructions to battalion patrols 214 -- Meticulous reconnaissance, Villers Bretonneux 215 -- Conferences before the battle of Hamel 218 -- A comment from the 27th (American) Division 220 -- The increasing efficiency of the AIF 221 -- The objective of Mont St St Quentin 222 -- The attack on Mont St Quentin 222 -- Bean's assessment of Mont St Quentin attack 224 -- The storming of the Hindenburg Outpost Line 225 -- Bean's reflections when the AIF was withdrawn 226 -- The AIF demobilises 227 -- The Anzac Day tradition 229 -- 10 The Diggers 230 -- "A criticism of the Official History 230 -- "A battalion "at rest" 231 -- Bean's view of the Digger in 1916 236 -- Bean's view of the Digger in 1930 236 -- Two heroes 237 -- Accidental heroism 238 -- Typical Digger references in Bean's writing 239 -- Notes 244.
A selection of the best of Bean's writings, from all stages of his career.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-246)
Keywords: Bean, C. E. W. -- 1879-1968 -- Diaries; Bean, C. E. W. -- 1879-1968 -- Correspondence; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian; World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia; Australia -- History -- 1901-1922 -- Sources