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1 online resource |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: 'The Most Interesting Experiment that has Ever Been Made in a Political Democracy': Conscription and the Great War; Part 1: Origins; Chapter One: 'A Real Heritage of the English People': British Liberalism and 'Continental Despotism'; Chapter Two: Labour and Liberty: The Origins of the Conscription Referendum; Part 2: Campaigns and Results; Chapter Three: Anti-Conscriptionism in Australia: Individuals, Organisations and Arguments; Chapter Four: Universities and Conscription: The 'Yes' Campaigns and the University of Melbourne |
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Chapter Five: The Results of the 1916 and 1917 Conscription Referendums Re-examinedPart 3: Comparisons; Chapter Six: Why Was it Easier to Introduce and Implement Conscription in Some English-speaking Countries than in Others?; Chapter Seven: Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia; Part 4: Legacies; Chapter Eight: Legend and Lamentation: Remembering the Anti-Conscription Struggle; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
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 our citizens and our ideas of nationhood - we must question the stories we tell ourselves about our history. We must separate myth from reality - and to do that we need to reassess the historical evidence surrounding military myths. In this lively collection, renowned writers including Paul Daley, Mark McKenna, Peter Stanley, Carolyn Holbrook, Mark Dapin, Carmen Lawrence, Stuart Macintyre, Frank Bongiorno and Larissa Behrendt explore not only the militarisation of our history but the alternative narratives swamped under the khaki-wash - Indigenous history, frontier conflict, multiculturalism, the myth of egalitarianism, economics and the environment |
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Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
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Militarism -- Australia -- History
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Historiography -- Australia
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Historiography
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Militarism
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Military participation -- Australian
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Australia -- History, Military
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stephens, David H., editor
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Broinowski, Alison, 1941- editor
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| ISBN |
9781742242781 |
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1742242782 |
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1742235263 |
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9781742235264 |
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