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Author Holbrook, Carolyn, author.

Title Anzac : the unauthorised biography / Carolyn Holbrook.

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

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) remain at the heart of Australia & rsquo;s 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 militarizing the nation & rsquo;s history and indoctrinating their children. Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamor to provide a much-needed historical perspective on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 1915, Australia & rsquo;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 April, 25 1915, with the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Anzac Ascendancy; 1. Before 1914: Nationalism and war; 2. 1916-1936: Early histories of the Great War; 3. 1920s-1930s: The Great War in Australian literature; 4. 1940s-1960s: Marxism and memory of the Great War; 5. 1965-1985: The fall and rise of memory of the Great War; 6. 1980s-present: The Great War as family history; 7. Since 1990: Politicians and commemoration of the Great War; Epilogue; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Historiography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Historiography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
Nationalism and collective memory -- Australia.
Australia -- Historiography.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Historiography
Military participation -- Australian
Nationalism and collective memory
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb
Chronological Term 1914-1918
Other Form: Print version: Holbrook, Carolyn. Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography. Chicago : University of New South Wales Press, ©2014 9781742234076
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