Australia & The Great War
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When the guns of August 1914 shattered the long peace of the Edwardian era, Australia — a young nation barely a decade old — answered the call to arms with a fervour that would forever define its national identity. L.L. Robson's Australia & the Great War presents a rigorous and compelling account of how the Commonwealth mobilised its men, resources, and national spirit for a conflict fought thousands of miles from its shores, chronicling the political debates over conscription, the brutal campaigns at Gallipoli and the Western Front, and the profound social transformations wrought upon Australian society between 1914 and 1918. Robson, one of Australia's most respected historians of the era, argues with precision and authority that the Great War was not merely a military episode for Australia, but the crucible in which a distinct national consciousness was forged — one built upon the ANZAC legend, sacrifice, and a deepening ambivalence toward Empire. His measured, scholarly prose cuts through romantic mythology to uncover the complex realities of enlistment, command, and the war's devastating human cost, leaving the reader to wrestle with a question that still resonates today: what does it truly mean for a nation to come of age in the shadow of catastrophic war?
Author: L.L. Robson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Macmillan
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When the guns of August 1914 shattered the long peace of the Edwardian era, Australia — a young nation barely a decade old — answered the call to arms with a fervour that would forever define its national identity. L.L. Robson's Australia & the Great War presents a rigorous and compelling account of how the Commonwealth mobilised its men, resources, and national spirit for a conflict fought thousands of miles from its shores, chronicling the political debates over conscription, the brutal campaigns at Gallipoli and the Western Front, and the profound social transformations wrought upon Australian society between 1914 and 1918. Robson, one of Australia's most respected historians of the era, argues with precision and authority that the Great War was not merely a military episode for Australia, but the crucible in which a distinct national consciousness was forged — one built upon the ANZAC legend, sacrifice, and a deepening ambivalence toward Empire. His measured, scholarly prose cuts through romantic mythology to uncover the complex realities of enlistment, command, and the war's devastating human cost, leaving the reader to wrestle with a question that still resonates today: what does it truly mean for a nation to come of age in the shadow of catastrophic war?