The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140033831
ISBN 13
9780140033830
Category
World War I
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Publication Year
1974
Publisher
Pages
301
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Description
When the Great War started, most Australians believed in the notions of patriotism, courage and unswerving loyalty to the British Empire. But as the war dragged on, as the horrors intensified and the casualty lists grew, patriotism gave way to cynicism and courage to despair.
Using the diaries and letters of about one thousand front line soldiers, Bill Gammage shows how and why these changes took place. The broken years is a vivid, often horrifying and moving portrayal of soldiers at war - men locked in a tragedy that engulfed an age.
Using the diaries and letters of about one thousand front line soldiers, Bill Gammage shows how and why these changes took place. The broken years is a vivid, often horrifying and moving portrayal of soldiers at war - men locked in a tragedy that engulfed an age.
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