Anzac : the unauthorised biography / Carolyn Holbrook.

Collection type	Library
Author	Holbrook, Carolyn, author.; Beazley, Kim C. (Kim Christian), 1948-, writer of supplementary textual content.;
Call Number	940.394 H724a
Document type	Monograph
Year	2014.
Pagination	xiii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher	NewSouth,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-255) and index. Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story? But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorusof critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. So how are we to make sense of this struggle over how we remember the Great War? Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour to pro vide a much-needed historical perspective on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 1915, Australia's memory of the Great War has declined and surged, reflecting the varied and complex history of the Australian nation itself. Most importantly, it ask s why so many Australians persist with the fiction that the nation was born on 25 April 1915.
Place made	Sydney :

Abstract

Foreword / by the Hon. Kim Beazley, AC -- The Anzac ascendancy -- Before 1914 : nationalism and war -- 1916-1936 : early histories of the Great War -- 1920s-1930s : the Great War in Australian literature -- 1940s-1960s : Marxism and memory of the Great Wa r -- 1965-1985 : the fall and rise of memory of the Great War -- 1980s-present : the Great War as family history -- Since 1990 : politicians and commemoration of the Great War -- Epilogue.