Anzacs At War

Author : James Brown
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1922231355
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzac's Long Shadow written by James Brown and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘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
ISBN 13 : 1743437439
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anzac Girls written by Peter Rees and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Belinda Landsberry
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1775592065
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzac Ted written by Belinda Landsberry and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9Q/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 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 written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Low
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780732286002
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzacs at War written by George Low and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations of men whose obsession with military history was triggered by reading war comics in their youth, here at last is COMMANDO comic book's first-ever collection of ANZAC war stories. ANZACS AT WAR showcases the best Aussie and Kiwi fighting action - on land, sea and air - from over 40 years of COMMANDO comics - and 25% bigger than the originals, for maximum visceral impact! Chosen by current editor George Low, the brilliant Antipodean yarns in this brand-new classic collection range from sub-hunting sorties in the Pacific, through jungle island combat against merciless soldiers from the Land of the Rising Sun, to commando raids in the North African dessert and flak-peppered bombing runs on Germany. Evocatively titled stories such as 'Outback Arm', 'Killing Zone', 'Regans's Raiders' and 'Island of Fear' show fearless ANZACS in their finest hours, giving a good, honest drubbing to fanatical Fritzies and nefarious Nipponese. For everyone whose comic-book battle lust has ever been stirred by Nazi cries of 'Auslander Schwienhund!' or Japanese shrieks of 'Banzai!', ANZACS AT WAR will transport them right back into fictional combat situations they'd forgotten were so entertaining, and a whole new generation can discover how COMMANDO turns ordinary men into heroes. 'AAARRGGH!'

Author : Mark Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781107301818
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzacs in the Middle East written by Mark Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an exploration of the experiences of soldiers who fought in the Middle East during World War II.

Author : Peter Pedersen
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781847324832
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ANZACs at War written by Peter Pedersen and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Peter R. Burgess
Publisher : Peter Burgess
ISBN 13 : 064536200X
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Ashore written by Peter R. Burgess and published by Peter Burgess. This book was released on 2021-11-27 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Laffin
Publisher : London ; New York : Abelard-Schuman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzacs at War written by John Laffin and published by London ; New York : Abelard-Schuman. This book was released on 1965 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Frank Williams
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 9780868405698
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anzacs, the Media and the Great War written by John Frank Williams and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and photographer Williams (Germanic studies, U. of New South Wales) looks at how the media during World War I glorified the prowess and exaggerated the successes of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp as part of the country's war effort, and how later historians and the public have mistaken the propaganda for journalism. US distribution by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR