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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Beaumont, Joan, author.     Subjects     World War, 1914-1918.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Historiography.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Beaumont, Joan, author.       by title:      Broken nation : Aust...         MARC Display

Broken nation : Australians in the Great War / Joan Beaumont. by Beaumont, Joan, author. Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2014. Subjects World War, 1914-1918.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Historiography.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian. ISBN:  9781741751383 1741751381 9781760111304 (paperback) : 1760111309 (paperback) Description:  xxviii, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  If you read only one book about Australia's experience of World War I... make it 'Broken Nation', an account that joins the history of the war to the home front, and that details the barbarism of the battlefields as well as the desolation, despair, and bitter divisions that devastated the communities left behind.' - Marilyn Lake, 'Australian Book Review' 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. 'Broken Nation' is the first book to bring together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, Joan Beaumont 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, 'Broken Nation' 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 940.394 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 940.394 Be Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.394 Beaumont Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.394 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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