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Honest History Book.
In Australia's rush to commemorate all things Anzac, have we lost our ability to look beyond war as the central pillar of Australia's history and identity? The passionate historians of the Honest History group argue that while war has been important to Australia - mostly for its impact on...
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Chicago :
University of New South Wales Press,
2017.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword: Julianne Schultz; 1. Introduction; David Stephens & Alison Broinowski; Part 1: Putting Anzac in its place; 2. Other people's war: The Great War in a world context; Douglas Newton; 3. 24 April 1915: Australia's Armenian story over a century; Vicken Babkenian & Judith Crispin; 4. Adaptable Anzac: Past, present and future; Carolyn Holbrook; 5. The Australian War Memorial: Beyond Bean; Michael Piggott; 6. 'We too were Anzacs': Were Vietnam veterans ever truly excluded from the Anzac tradition?; Mark Dapin.
- 7. Myth and history: The persistent 'Atatürk words'David Stephens & Burçin Çakir; 8. A century of bipartisan commemoration: Is Anzac politically inevitable?; Frank Bongiorno; 9. Anzac and Anzackery: Useful future or sentimental dream?; David Stephens; Part 2: Australian stories and silences; 10. Fires, droughts and flooding rains: Environmental influences on Australian history; Rebecca Jones; 11. From those who've come across the seas: Immigration and multiculturalism; Gwenda Tavan; 12. Bust and boom: What economic lessons has Australia learned?; Stuart Macintyre.
- 13. 'Fair go' nation? Egalitarian myth and reality in AustraliaCarmen Lawrence; 14. Australian heroes: Some military mates are more equal than others; Peter Stanley; 15. Hidden by the myth: Women's leadership in war and peace; Joy Damousi; 16. Settlement or invasion? The coloniser's quandary; Larissa Behrendt; 17. Our most important war: The legacy of frontier conflict; Paul Daley; 18. King, Queen and country: Will Anzac thwart republicanism?; Mark McKenna; 19. Australia's tug of war: Militarism versus independence; Alison Broinowski; 20. Conclusion; Alison Broinowski & David Stephens; Notes.