The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory
passchendaele and the anzac legend
$33.70
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2021
Summary
Passchendaele: A Nation’s Forgotten Sacrifice
The Ypres salient ‘was the favourite battle ground of the devil and his minions’ wrote one returned serviceman after the First World War. Few who fought in the infamous third battle of Ypres – now known as Passchendaele – in 1917 would have disagreed. All five of the Australian Imperial Force’s (AIF) infantry divisions were engaged in this bloody campaign. Despite early successes, their attacks floundered in front of the devastated Belgi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922464064 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922464066 |
| Author: | Matthew Haultain-Gall |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
| Series: | Australian History |
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A fascinating insight into Australia’s relationship with the battlefields of Ypres. – Professor Mark Connelly, University of Kent
A fascinating insight into Australia’s relationship with the battlefields of Ypres.
– Professor Mark ConnellyA major contribution to Australia’s collective memory of the Great War, retrieving the tragic Story of the Salient, and correcting an imbalance in the commemorative politics of Anzac.
– Professor Bruce ScatesAn incisive and wide-ranging book from an impressive emerging historian.
– Professor Martin CrottyHaultain-Gall’s work adds new and challenging dimensions to our understanding of the difficult remembering of the Australian nation’s most terrible fighting of this most terrible war.
– Dr Bart ZiinoThis book is a significant addition to any Great War library.
– Robin PriorAbout The Author
Matthew Haultain-Gall
Matthew Haultain-Gall is a scientific collaborator at the Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (UCLouvain), Belgium. His research focuses on the cultural and social impacts of the First World War. In 2017, he completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales (Sydney) tracing the memory of the First Australian Imperial Force’s battles in Belgium and he has recently co-edited a special issue on Ypres/Ieper for the Journal of Belgian History.
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