Honest History Book
Published on 19. May 2017
214 pages
978-1-74224-278-1 (ISBN)
Description
In Australia's rush to commemorate all things Anzac, have we lost our ability to look beyond war as the central pillar of Australia's history and identity? The passionate historians of the Honest History group argue that while war has been important to Australia - mostly for its impact on our citizens and our ideas of nationhood - we must question the stories we tell ourselves about our history. We must separate myth from reality - and to do that we need to reassess the historical evidence surrounding military myths.
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David Stephens | Alison Broinowski
The Honest History Book
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04/2017
NewSouth Publishing
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1: Putting Anzac in its place
- 2. Other people's war: The Great War in a world context
- 3. 24 April 1915: Australia's Armenian story over a century
- 4. Adaptable Anzac: Past, present and future
- 5. The Australian War Memorial: Beyond Bean
- 6. 'We too were Anzacs': Were Vietnam veterans ever truly excluded from the Anzac tradition?
- 7. Myth and history: The persistent 'Atatürk words'
- 8. A century of bipartisan commemoration: Is Anzac politically inevitable?
- 9. Anzac and Anzackery: Useful future or sentimental dream?
- Part 2: Australian stories and silences
- 10. Fires, droughts and flooding rains: Environmental influences on Australian history
- 11. From those who've come across the seas: Immigration and multiculturalism
- 12. Bust and boom: What economic lessons has Australia learned?
- 13. 'Fair go' nation? Egalitarian myth and reality in Australia
- 14. Australian heroes: Some military mates are more equal than others
- 15. Hidden by the myth: Women's leadership in war and peace
- 16. Settlement or invasion? The coloniser's quandary
- 17. Our most important war: The legacy of frontier conflict
- 18. King, Queen and country: Will Anzac thwart republicanism?
- 19. Australia's tug of war: Militarism versus independence
- 20. Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
