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Anzac's long shadow : the cost of our national obsession /
'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 w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Collingwood, Victoria :
Redback,
2014.
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| Colección: | Redback ;
4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | '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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (194 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781922231352 1922231355 |