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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453204903321

Autore

Bollard Robert

Titolo

In the shadow of Gallipoli [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden story of Australia in WWI / / Robert Bollard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, NSW, Australia, : New South, c2013

ISBN

1-74224-633-8

1-74224-144-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

940.30994

940.4

940.4/26

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula

War and society - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; About the Author ; Copyright ; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE:  To the last man and the last shilling: Patriotism triumphant; TWO:  If you want the 44-hour week, take it!: The strike wave begins ; THREE:  Wherever green is worn: Irish discontent; FOUR: I will curse the British Empire with my dying breath: The first conscription referendum; FIVE: Fifteen years for fifteen words: The empire strikes back; SIX: Solidarity for ever: The Great Strike of 1917; SEVEN: We'll burn the town down!: The second referendum

EIGHT: Plunge this city into darkness: The peace turns uglyConclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons; the war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. This book<I> </I>corrects such historical amnesia by looking at what occured on the Australian home front during WWI, showing that the war was a disaster and many Australians knew it. It not only considers the wartime strike wave resulting from the discontent and dissent, such as the Great Strike of 1917, but also the



impact of international political events, including the