02660nam 2200565 450 991078642990332120170822112021.01-922231-35-5(CKB)3710000000113282(EBL)1887457(SSID)ssj0001385061(PQKBManifestationID)11875579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001385061(PQKBWorkID)11328898(PQKB)11611295(MiAaPQ)EBC1887457(PPN)18208079X(EXLCZ)99371000000011328220140528h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnzac's long shadow the cost of our national obsession /James BrownCollingwood, Victoria :Redback,2014.©20141 online resource (197 p.)Redback ;4Description based upon print version of record.1-86395-639-5 Includes bibliographical references.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'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 RedbackSoldiersCareAustraliaVeteransCareAustraliaAustraliaHistory1914-1918AustraliaHistory1914-1918InfluenceSoldiersCareVeteransCare355.0088375Brown James254951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786429903321Anzac's long shadow3852444UNINA