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The conscription conflict and the Great War / edited by Robin Archer [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Australia.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Australia--Influence.
- World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--Australia.
- Anzac Day.
- Australia--History--20th century.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- In Australia's rush to commemorate allthings Anzac, have we lost our ability to look beyond war as the central pillarof Australia's history and identity?.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: Julianne Schultz
- 1. Introduction
- David Stephens &
- Alison Broinowski
- Part 1: Putting Anzac in its place
- 2. Other people's war: The Great War in a world context
- Douglas Newton
- 3. 24 April 1915: Australia's Armenian story over a century
- Vicken Babkenian &
- Judith Crispin
- 4. Adaptable Anzac: Past, present and future
- Carolyn Holbrook
- 5. The Australian War Memorial: Beyond Bean
- Michael Piggott
- 6. 'We too were Anzacs': Were Vietnam veterans ever truly excluded from the Anzac tradition?
- Mark Dapin
- 7. Myth and history: The persistent 'Atatürk words'
- Burçin Çakir
- 8. A century of bipartisan commemoration: Is Anzac politically inevitable?
- Frank Bongiorno
- 9. Anzac and Anzackery: Useful future or sentimental dream?
- David Stephens
- Part 2: Australian stories and silences
- 10. Fires, droughts and flooding rains: Environmental influences on Australian history
- Rebecca Jones
- 11. From those who've come across the seas: Immigration and multiculturalism
- Gwenda Tavan
- 12. Bust and boom: What economic lessons has Australia learned?
- Stuart Macintyre
- 13. 'Fair go' nation? Egalitarian myth and reality in Australia
- Carmen Lawrence
- 14. Australian heroes: Some military mates are more equal than others
- Peter Stanley
- 15. Hidden by the myth: Women's leadership in war and peace
- Joy Damousi
- 16. Settlement or invasion? The coloniser's quandary
- Larissa Behrendt
- 17. Our most important war: The legacy of frontier conflict
- Paul Daley
- 18. King, Queen and country: Will Anzac thwart republicanism?
- Mark McKenna
- 19. Australia's tug of war: Militarism versus independence
- 20. Conclusion
- Alison Broinowski &
- David Stephens.
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-278-2
- OCLC:
- 990544178
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