Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 244 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781316145142
Series Statement:
Australian Army history series
Content:
From July to September 1916, some 23,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the Battle of Pozières. It was the first strategically important engagement by Australian soldiers on the Western Front and its casualties exceeded those of any other battle of the First World War, including Gallipoli. In this important book, Christopher Wray explores the influence of Pozières on Australian society and history, and how it is remembered today. In the opening chapters he revisits the battle and considers its aftermath, including shell shock and the psychological effects experienced by surviving soldiers. The concluding chapters examine the way in which the battle has been commemorated in literature and art, and the extent to which it has been overlooked in contemporary remembrance of the war. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps and paintings, Pozières: Echoes of a Distant Battle is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War and Australia's post-war society
Content:
Prelude to Poziéres -- A place of sinister name and tragic happenings -- A huge and horrible slaughter house -- Mouquet Farm -- The dead -- The maimed, the halt, the lame -- Those made mad by war -- The conscription campaign of 1916 -- Writing about Pozières -- Painting and Pozières -- Appendix: Structure of the first AIF in 1916
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107093485
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107093485
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316145142
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