Altered Memories of the Great War
Subtitle: Divergent Narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (International Library of War Studies)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: January 19, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781845118839
Subjects: Biographies & Memoirs -- Leaders & Notable People -- Military; Biographies & Memoirs -- Memoirs; Biographies & Memoirs -- Professionals & Academics -- Military & Spies; History -- Americas -- Canada; History -- Australia & Oceania -- Australia; History -- Australia & Oceania -- New Zealand; History -- Military -- World War II
Description: The experiences of World War I touched the lives of a generation but memories of their momentous experience vary enormously. In Britain, there was a strong reaction against militarism, but in Canada, Australia and New Zealand the experience of was largely accepted as a national rite of passage, focussed in a powerful nationalist drive.