The New Australian Militarism
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The New Australian Militarism
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Author : Graeme Cheeseman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The New Australian Militarism written by Graeme Cheeseman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.
Essays by Marcia Langton and Chris Tremewan annotated separately.
A Time For War
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Author : John Birmingham
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2005
A Time For War written by John Birmingham and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Australia categories.
In the fourth Quarterly Essay of 2005, John Birmingham ponders the Aust ralian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has become more assertive and our armed forces are being radically restructured and hardened. Australia now has the capacity, and even the will, to act as a military power in its region. A Time for War begins with a gripping account of Operation Anaconda, the 2002 battle in Afghanistan to which Australian special forces made a crucial contribution. Birmingham also looks at our war dreaming- the sanctification of Anzac Day and the eclipse of the Vietnam Syndrome. Ranging from Sir John Monash to Peter Cosgrove, from Rudyard Kipling to The One Day of the Year, he finds that our armed forces can now do no wrong, and that politicians have taken note. The new militarism is not simply a response to September 11, he argues - it marks a deeper shift in the culture. 'It being an RSL, we would stand each night at six o'clock for the prayer of remembrance. It was always a moving occasion, a strange suspended moment when the pokies and racing channel, the piped music and the drunken bullshitting all fell away ... Friends from overseas who witnessed the quiet ceremony never failed to be impressed. One, a poet from Czechoslovakia, had always thought Australians to be a shallow, soulless, materialistic people, but she changed her mind after her first experience of the ode to the fallen among the half-empty schooners and chip packets.' - John Birmingham, A Time For War
Conscription Conflict And The Great War
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Author : ROBIN ARCHER SCALMER (JOY DAMOUSI, MURRAY GOOT AND SEAN.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Conscription Conflict And The Great War written by ROBIN ARCHER SCALMER (JOY DAMOUSI, MURRAY GOOT AND SEAN.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
Prussian German Militarism 1914 18 In Australian Perspective
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Author : George Arnold Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Prussian German Militarism 1914 18 In Australian Perspective written by George Arnold Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
The Conscription Conflict And The Great War
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Author : Robin Archer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Conscription Conflict And The Great War written by Robin Archer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Australia categories.
While the Great War raged, Australians were twice asked to vote on the question of military conscription for overseas service. The recourse to popular referendum on such an issue at such a time was without precedent anywhere in the world. The campaigns precipitated mass mobilisation, bitter argument, a split in the Labor Party, and the fall of a government. The defeat of the proposals was hailed by some as a victory of democracy over militarism, mourned by others as an expression of political disloyalty or a symptom of failed self-government. But while the memory of the conscription campaigns once loomed large, it has increasingly been overshadowed by a preoccupation with the sacrifice and heroism of Australian soldiers-a preoccupation that has been reinforced during the centennial commemorations. This volume redresses the balance. Across nine chapters distinguished scholars consider the origins, unfolding, and consequences of the conscription campaigns, comparing local events with experiences in Britain, the United States, and other countries. A corrective to the 'militarisation' of Australian history, this book is also a major new exploration of a unique and defining episode in Australia's past. *** "...will prove valuable reading for anyone with a serious interest in the history of conscription." --The NYMAS Review, Autumn 2017 (Series: Australian History) [Subject: History, Australian Studies, Military History]
A Time For War
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Author : John Birmingham
language : en
Publisher: Quarterly Essay
Release Date : 2005-12-01
A Time For War written by John Birmingham and has been published by Quarterly Essay this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-01 with History categories.
In the fourth Quarterly Essay of 2005, John Birmingham ponders the Australian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has become more assertive and our armed forces are being radically restructured and hardened. Australia now has the capacity, and even the will, to act as a military power in its region. A Time for War begins with a gripping account of Operation Anaconda, the 2002 battle in Afghanistan to which Australian special forces made a crucial contribution. Birmingham also looks at our war dreaming: the sanctification of Anzac Day and the eclipse of the Vietnam Syndrome. Ranging from Sir John Monash to Peter Cosgrove, from Rudyard Kipling to The One Day of the Year, he finds that our armed forces can now do no wrong, and that politicians have taken note. The new militarism is not simply a response to September 11, he argues - it marks a deeper shift in the culture. "It being an RSL, we would stand each night at six o'clock for the prayer of remembrance. It was always a moving occasion, a strange suspended moment when the pokies and racing channel, the piped music and the drunken bullshitting all fell away ... Friends from overseas who witnessed the quiet ceremony never failed to be impressed. One, a poet from Czechoslovakia, had always thought Australians to be a shallow, soulless, materialistic people, but she changed her mind after her first experience of the ode to the fallen among the half-empty schooners and chip packets." —John Birmingham, A Time For War
Prussian German Militarism 1914 18 In Australian Perspective
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Author : John Anthony Moses
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 1991
Prussian German Militarism 1914 18 In Australian Perspective written by John Anthony Moses and has been published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Australia declared war on the German Empire in August 1914 not only because as a Dominion within the British Empire it was considered a matter of course. In fact the Australian Government had made up its own mind about the nature of the German threat to national security. There were a number of influential writers at the time who contributed to the formation of a distinct Australian image of German militarism. Foremost among these was Professor George Arnold Wood, the first Challis Professor of History in Sydney, 1891-1928. He had analysed the nature of Prussian-German political culture from the stand point of a radical English-trained liberal and projected an accurate image of the enemy. Basic to this was Wood's carefully drawn distinction between the Germany of true culture and humanity on the one hand and the «barbarous feudal aristocracy» of Prussia on the other which had determined German political culture since Bismarck had founded the Reich under Prussia in 1871.
What S Wrong With Anzac
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Author : Marilyn Lake
language : en
Publisher: University of New South Wales
Release Date : 2010
What S Wrong With Anzac written by Marilyn Lake and has been published by University of New South Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
In recent years Anzac, an idea as much as an actual army corps, has become the dominant force within Australian history, overshadowing everything else. The commemoration of Anzac Day is bigger than ever, while Remembrance Day, VE Day, VP Day and other military anniversaries grow in significance each year.
The Race With No Winners
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Race With No Winners written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with War categories.
Japan Threat
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Author : Nicholas Lindeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Japan Threat written by Nicholas Lindeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Australia categories.