The Great War: Aftermath and Commemoration by Carolyn Holbrook, Keir Reeves
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Overview: The legacy of war iscomplex. From the late twentieth century as we moved closer to the centenary ofthe start of World War I, Australia was swept by an ‘Anzac revival’ and afeverish sense of commemoration. In this book, leading historians reflect onthe commemorative splurge, which involved large amounts of public spending, andalso re-examine what happened in the immediate aftermath of the war itself. At the end of 1918, Australia faced the enormous challenge of repatriating hundreds of thousands ofsoldiers and settling them back into society.
Were returning soldiers astraumatised as we think? What did the war mean for Indigenous veterans and forrelations between Catholics and Protestants? Did war unify or divide us? Thecountry also faced major questions about its role in the world order thatemerged after Versailles. How has the way we commemorate the war skewed ourview of what really happened?
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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