| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Australian Army history series |
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Australian Army history series.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index |
| Notes |
Publisher's web page (Cambridge University Press, viewed January 8, 2015) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Pozières
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Military participation -- Australian
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| SUBJECT |
Pozières (France) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
France -- Pozières
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316248683 |
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1316248682 |
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9781316145142 |
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131614514X |
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