Pozières
Subtitle: echoes of a distant battle
By: Christopher Wray
Series: Australian Army history series; Australian Army history series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781107093485
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps; Campaigns; Great Britain; Australian Participation; History
Description: From July to September 1916, some 23,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the battle of Pozières. It was the first major engagement by Australian soldiers on the Western Front and its casualties exceeded those of any other battle during the First World War, including Gallipoli. In this important book, Christopher Wray explores the impact Pozières had on Australian society and history, and how it is remembered today. In the opening chapters he revisits the battle and considers its aftermath, including shell shock and the psychological effects experienced by surviving soldiers. The concluding chapters examine how the battle has been memorialised in literature and art, and the extent to which it has been overlooked in contemporary remembrance of the war. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps and paintings, Poziières: Echoes of a distant battle is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War and Australia's post-war society. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to Poziéres; title: A place of sinister name and tragic happenings; title: A huge and horrible slaughter house; title: Mouquet Farm; title: The dead; title: The maimed, the halt, the lame; title: Those made mad by war; title: The conscription campaign of 1916; title: Writing about Pozières; title: Painting and Pozières; title: Appendix: Structure of the first AIF in 1916.