Pozières: Echoes of a Distant Battle

ISBN-13: 9781107093485 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 258 str.

Christopher Wray

Opis

From July to September 1916, some 23,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the battle of Pozieres. 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 Pozieres 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, Pozieres: Echoes of a distant battle is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War and Australia's post-war society."

Spis treści

1. Prelude to Pozières; 2. Pozières a place of sinister name and tragic happenings; 3. A huge and horrible slaughter house; 4. Mouquet Farm; 5. The dead; 6. The maimed, the halt, the lame; 7. Those made mad by war; 8. 'We must not abandon them' - the conscription campaign of 1916; 9. Creating memory - writing about Pozières; 10. Creating memory - painting and Pozières; 11. Remembering Pozières.