In the Shadow of Gallipoli The Hidden Story of Australia in WWI
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In the Shadow of Gallipoli The Hidden Story of Australia in WWI

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Full Title

In the Shadow of Gallipoli The Hidden Story of Australia in WWI
Author(s)

Robert Bollard
Edition
ISBN

9781742241449, 9781742233246, 9781742246338, 9781742243894
Publisher

NewSouth
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons; the war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. This book corrects such historical amnesia by looking at what occured on the Australian home front during WWI, showing that the war was a disaster and many Australians knew it. It not only considers the wartime strike wave resulting from the discontent and dissent, such as the Great Strike of 1917, but also the impact of international political events, including the Easter Rising in Ireland and the Russian Revolution. Demonstrating that the first year of peace was tumultuous, as strikes and riots involving returned Anzacs shook Australia throughout 1919, this book uncovers the history that has been obscured by the shadow of Anzac.

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