Australia and the Great War
Identity, Memory and Mythology

Michael JK Walsh (Author), Andrekos Varnava (Author)

9780522867879

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2016

277 pages
20.8 x 13.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.345 kg

The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today.

Australia and the Great War explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

This multidisciplinary collection of essays unveils the creation and subsequent [mis]use of histories and mythologies while considering the necessity and nature of both remembering, and forgetting, war.