Lest: Australian War Myths

Synopsis

From Simpson&’s donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn&’t happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight. Australia has many stories and statues &‘lest we forget&’ our military past. But from Simpson&’s donkey to Ben Roberts-Smith, our history is full of events that didn&’t happen the way most people think they did. The first Anzac Day, for example, was far from being a solemn march – it was a celebration where people dressed as cavemen and dinosaurs, among other things. And is it true that British officers callously dispatched Australian soldiers to their deaths in the Dardanelles, as we&’ve been told? Did we really hate the soldiers returning from Vietnam? Were the white-feather women of the First World War fact or fiction? In his inimitable style, award-winning author and historian Mark Dapin sets the record straight, showing that the reality was often completely different from the myth – and that in celebrating the wrong people we often overlook the real heroes. &‘With Lest, Mark Dapin transforms his trademark humour into serious history … It forces us to look again at stories we think we all know – or should know – and reframe them with intellectual rectitude and rigour … Lest offers new perspectives on the past from one of Australia&’s most interesting and provocative thinkers.&’ Clare Wright

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

304 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781761108075

Related ISBNs:

9781761108068

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Australia

Date of Addition:

08/14/24

Copyrighted By:

Mark Dapin

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Australiana

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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