Broken nation : Australians in the Great War / Joan Beaumont
- Bib ID:
- 6611361
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Beaumont, Joan, author
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2014
- ©2013
- xxviii, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781760111304 (paperback)
- 1760111309 (paperback)
- Summary:
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If you read only one book about Australia's experience of World War I ... make it 'Broken Nation', an account that joins the history of the war to the home front, and that details the barbarism of the battlefields as well as the desolation, despair, and bitter divisions that devastated the communities left behind.' - Marilyn Lake, 'Australian Book Review' 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Australia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Historiography
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects -- Australia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Australia
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Australians in the Great War.
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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