The Anzacs
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: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Australian military history, The Anzacs chronicles the experiences of the ordinary Australian and New Zealand soldiers who served during the First World War, drawing on diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts to bring their voices vividly to life. Patsy Adam-Smith presents an unflinching and deeply human portrait of men thrust into the horrors of Gallipoli, the Western Front, and the Middle East, capturing both their courage and their suffering with remarkable intimacy. The tone is reverential yet unsentimental, honoring the soldiers not as mythologized heroes but as real men shaped by their times and tested beyond imagination. Adam-Smith illustrates how the Anzac legend was forged not in triumph but in endurance, mateship, and an indomitable spirit that resonated across generations. This celebrated account remains one of the most authoritative and moving records of the Anzac experience ever committed to the page.
Author: Patsy Adam-Smith
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Nelson
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Australian military history, The Anzacs chronicles the experiences of the ordinary Australian and New Zealand soldiers who served during the First World War, drawing on diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts to bring their voices vividly to life. Patsy Adam-Smith presents an unflinching and deeply human portrait of men thrust into the horrors of Gallipoli, the Western Front, and the Middle East, capturing both their courage and their suffering with remarkable intimacy. The tone is reverential yet unsentimental, honoring the soldiers not as mythologized heroes but as real men shaped by their times and tested beyond imagination. Adam-Smith illustrates how the Anzac legend was forged not in triumph but in endurance, mateship, and an indomitable spirit that resonated across generations. This celebrated account remains one of the most authoritative and moving records of the Anzac experience ever committed to the page.