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Autore |
Brown James |
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Anzac's long shadow : the cost of our national obsession / / James Brown |
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Collingwood, Victoria : , : Redback, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - Care - Australia |
Veterans - Care - Australia |
Australia History 1914-1918 |
Australia History 1914-1918 Influence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Other books in the Redbacks series; Copyright; ANZAC'S LONG SHADOW; Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue: On Parade; Introduction: Outside the Hall of Memory; Chapter 1: Selling Remembrance; Chapter 2: An Afghan Complex; Chapter 3: No Metric but Death; Chapter 4: The Widening Chasm; Chapter 5: War is a Profession; Chapter 6: Legend and Reality; Chapter 7: Caring for Veterans; Chapter 8: Anzac Day; Chapter 9: A Distant Shore; Acknowledgments; Notes; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It's right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly about that. But have we got our remembrance right? What lessons haven't we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?'Defence analyst and former army officer James Brown believes that Australia is expending too much time, money and emotion on the Anzac legend, and that today's soldiers are suffering for it. Vividly evoking the war in Afghanistan, Brown reveals the experience |
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