Anzac : the unauthorised biography / Carolyn Holbrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holbrook, Carolyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Historiography.

World War, 1914-1918.

Historiography.

World War, 1914-1918--Australia--Historiography.

World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Australian.

Nationalism and collective memory--Australia.

Nationalism and collective memory.

Australia--Historiography.

Australia.

Military participation--Australian.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story? Standing Opposite the Arizac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour. It shows how, since 1915, Australia's memory of the Great War has declined and surged, reflecting the complex history of the nation itself. And it asks why so many Australians persist with the fiction that the nation was born on 25 April 1915. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Before 1914: Nationalism and war 8

2 1916-1936: Early histories of the Great War 32

3 1920s-1930s: The Great War in Australian literature 57

4 1940s-1960s: Marxism and memory of the Great War 91

5 1965-1985: The fall and rise of memory of the Great War 116

6 1980s-present: The Great War as family history 144

7 Since 1990: Politicians and commemoration of the Great War 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781742234076

1742234070

OCLC:

879460400