The Other Anzacs: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War I Nurses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before women were permitted to serve in combat, a generation of courageous Australian and New Zealand nurses charged headlong into the carnage of the First World War, their stories buried beneath the legends of the men they fought to save. The Other ANZACs chronicles the extraordinary lives of these remarkable women — from the blood-soaked wards of Gallipoli and the Western Front to the fever hospitals of Egypt — presenting their sacrifice, resilience, and humanity with vivid, deeply researched detail. Peter Rees draws on diaries, letters, and long-forgotten archives to reconstruct the harrowing and heroic experiences of nurses who faced shellfire, disease, and heartbreak with extraordinary composure. In doing so, Rees restores these women to their rightful place in the ANZAC legend, arguing powerfully that their contribution has been systematically overlooked by a tradition that preferred its heroes male. Written with the narrative drive of the finest historical storytelling, the book balances personal testimony with sweeping historical context, illuminating the social and political world these women navigated both at the front and upon their return home. Praised by Peter FitzSimons as absorbing… wonderful… inspiring, this is a work that will forever change the way you think about war, heroism, and the women who made survival possible.
Author: Peter Rees
Format: Paperback
Published: 2009, Allen & Unwin
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before women were permitted to serve in combat, a generation of courageous Australian and New Zealand nurses charged headlong into the carnage of the First World War, their stories buried beneath the legends of the men they fought to save. The Other ANZACs chronicles the extraordinary lives of these remarkable women — from the blood-soaked wards of Gallipoli and the Western Front to the fever hospitals of Egypt — presenting their sacrifice, resilience, and humanity with vivid, deeply researched detail. Peter Rees draws on diaries, letters, and long-forgotten archives to reconstruct the harrowing and heroic experiences of nurses who faced shellfire, disease, and heartbreak with extraordinary composure. In doing so, Rees restores these women to their rightful place in the ANZAC legend, arguing powerfully that their contribution has been systematically overlooked by a tradition that preferred its heroes male. Written with the narrative drive of the finest historical storytelling, the book balances personal testimony with sweeping historical context, illuminating the social and political world these women navigated both at the front and upon their return home. Praised by Peter FitzSimons as absorbing… wonderful… inspiring, this is a work that will forever change the way you think about war, heroism, and the women who made survival possible.