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ANZAC's Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History
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Australian military history is a landscape of legends, yet across the length and breadth of military heritage, accuracy and objectivity are often shunted aside so that tales and myths bent on commemoration, veneration, and the idealization of Australian virtues can thrive. In this book, a team of renowned historians resume the battle to expose a host of stubborn fantasies and fabrications that obscure the real story. Confronting and clear-eyed, it goes beyond the indulgent, politicized, and emotionally-charged rhetoric of Anzac—that sacrosanct idea in the national psyche—to find out exactly what it means to be Australian at war, and proud of it.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have now read both books in the "series", the other being Zombie Myths of Australian Military History. I found most of the chapters excellent, with very worthwhile arguments. I even thought Craig Stockings Epilogue was good. However I did not like either of the last Chapters, both by very senior Academics. I found both to be provocative for the sake of it, while the other chapters were not. Maybe the topics are to blame, 'Critical reflections on the Australia-US Alliance' and 'Is war the most important thing in Australian history'. I was not convinced by either chapter, unlike the others which I found to be both interesting and informative. I would recommend this book to those interested in the broad outlines of Australian military history or for those interested in reading on one of the specific topics covered within the book.
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ANZAC's Dirty Dozen - Craig Stockings
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