Publication

2014 - NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales

Language

English

Word Count

66,500 words, Guess

Page Count

266 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101742234070
  • ISBN-101742247008
  • ISBN-101742241816
  • ISBN-101459683781
  • ISBN-139781742234076
and 9 more
  • ISBN-139781742247007
  • ISBN-139781742241814
  • ISBN-139781459683785
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014481888
  • OCLC Control Number879460400
  • Better World Books9781742241814
  • Better World Books9781742247007
  • Better World Books9781742234076
  • Open LibraryOL31294989M

Classifications

  • DDC940.394
  • LCCD547.A8 H64 2014
  • LCCD547.A8 H65 2014

Description

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? But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. So how are we to make sense of this struggle over how we remember the Great War? Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour to provide a much-needed historical perspective on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 1915, Australia's memory of the Great War has declined and surged, reflecting the varied and complex history of the Australian nation itself. Most importantly, it asks why so many Australians persist with the fiction that the nation was born on 25 April 1915.

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