Best We Forget
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A striking title with a pointed irony, Best We Forget turns the sacred Anzac refrain on its head, demanding that readers confront the untold, unglamorous truths of military service that official commemoration too often glosses over. Bernard Clancy chronicles the lived experience of the ordinary Australian soldier — the bureaucratic indifference, the broken promises, and the quiet suffering that persists long after the medals are pinned and the parades have ended. Drawing on personal testimony and meticulous research, the work presents a ground-level portrait of men who served their country faithfully, only to find themselves poorly rewarded by the institutions they fought to uphold. Clancy writes with the controlled fury of a veteran insider, his prose unflinching yet deeply humane, holding the military and political establishment to account without ever losing sight of the individual men at the heart of the story. The imagery of service medals on the cover — awarded yet somehow hollow in this context — speaks directly to the book's central argument: that true remembrance must reckon with injustice, not merely celebrate sacrifice. For anyone who believes the Anzac legend deserves honest scrutiny rather than uncritical reverence, this is essential and provocative reading.
Author: Bernard Clancy
Format: Paperback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A striking title with a pointed irony, Best We Forget turns the sacred Anzac refrain on its head, demanding that readers confront the untold, unglamorous truths of military service that official commemoration too often glosses over. Bernard Clancy chronicles the lived experience of the ordinary Australian soldier — the bureaucratic indifference, the broken promises, and the quiet suffering that persists long after the medals are pinned and the parades have ended. Drawing on personal testimony and meticulous research, the work presents a ground-level portrait of men who served their country faithfully, only to find themselves poorly rewarded by the institutions they fought to uphold. Clancy writes with the controlled fury of a veteran insider, his prose unflinching yet deeply humane, holding the military and political establishment to account without ever losing sight of the individual men at the heart of the story. The imagery of service medals on the cover — awarded yet somehow hollow in this context — speaks directly to the book's central argument: that true remembrance must reckon with injustice, not merely celebrate sacrifice. For anyone who believes the Anzac legend deserves honest scrutiny rather than uncritical reverence, this is essential and provocative reading.