LEADER 03819nam 2200613 450 001 9910466453703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-74176-155-7 035 $a(CKB)3810000000019410 035 $a(EBL)1507504 035 $a(OCoLC)862049756 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001553795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16178648 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001553795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13864583 035 $a(PQKB)10483181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5413827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1507504 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5413827 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11650913 035 $a(OCoLC)1041064154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1507504 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000019410 100 $a20180623d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBroken nation $eAustralians in the Great War /$fJoan Beaumont 210 1$aCrows Nest, NSW :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (928 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74175-138-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 599-612) and index. 327 $aCOVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PROLOGUE: JOE RUSSELL'S WAR; 1. 1914: GOING TO WAR; 2. 1915: GALLIPOLI AND MOBILISATION AT HOME; 3. 1916: WAR OF A DIFFERENT KIND; 4. 1917: THE WORST YEAR; 5. 1918: CRISIS AND VICTORY; 6. 1919: PEACE AND MEMORY; APPENDIX 1: ORGANISATION OF THE 1ST AIF, 1918; APPENDIX 2: AIF ENLISTMENTS BY MONTH, 1915-18; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aThe Australian experience of war in all its complexity - from the homefront as well as the battlefront - as the men and women who experienced it chose to understand and remember it. The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac legend. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible. This book brings together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, this book brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating Spanish flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians, at home and at the front, of death on an unprecedented scale. A century after the Great War, this book brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history. 517 3 $aAustralians in the Great War 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zAustralia$vPersonal narratives 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zAustralia$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistoriography. 676 $a940.41294 700 $aBeaumont$b Joan$0897345 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466453703321 996 $aBroken nation$92472326 997 $aUNINA