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050 00 $aD547.A8$bW73 2015
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100 1 $aWray, Christopher,$d1945-$eauthor.
245 10 $aPozières :$bechoes of a distant battle /$cChristopher Wray.
264 1 $aMelbourne :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axii, 244 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aAustralian Army history series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
505 0 $aPrelude to Poziéres -- A place of sinister name and tragic happenings -- A huge and horrible slaughter house -- Mouquet Farm -- The dead -- The maimed, the halt, the lame -- Those made mad by war -- The conscription campaign of 1916 -- Writing about Pozières -- Painting and Pozières -- Appendix: Structure of the first AIF in 1916.
520 $aFrom 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.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Australian.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zFrance$zPozières.
830 0 $aAustralian Army history series.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015300833-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015300833-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015300833-t.html