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BROKEN NATION brings lucid insight into the mass grief and pride that has made the memory of this terrible war central to the making of Australia. Accessible and authoritative, BROKEN NATION is the essential companion as Australians head towards the centenary of the Great War. Preview this book ».
1 de nov. de 2013 · 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 ...
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- Joan Beaumont
11 de nov. de 2013 · Broken Nation is a massively ambitious project. It places Australia’s war within the broader context of the wider war. We learn, for example, of the calamitous Austro-Hungarian offensive in ...
- Peter Yule
Broken Nation is at its most distinctive, however, in describing how Australia was affected by the War. Itanalyses the recruiting drives, economic and industrial mobilisation of “the home front” including patriotic volunteerism and sacrifice of the declining standard of living, vitriolic debates over conscription, split of the Labor party ...
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War was the joint winner of the 2014 winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award (Australian History), the 2014 NSW Premier's Prize (Australian History), the 2014 Queensland Literary Award for History, and the Australian Society of Authors' 2015 Asher Award; and shortlisted for the 2014 WA Premier's Prize (non-fiction) and the 2014 Council for the ...
- Joan Beaumont
Join Joan Beaumont, internationally recognised historian and author of Broken Nation, as she brings these war years to life. Joan Beaumont is an internationally recognised historian of Australia in the 2 world wars, Australian defence and foreign policy, the history of prisoners of war and the memory and heritage of war.
More than one hundred years after the First World War, Broken Nation provides lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history. Winner - 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History.
