The crying years : Australia's Great War / Peter Stanley.
Publication details: Canberra, A.C.T. : NLA Publishing, 2017.Description: vii, 255 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780642279057
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
- Politics and government
- Social aspects
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Australia
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 1914-1918
- Australia
- Australia -- Politics and government
- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918
- Australian
- 940.3 23
- D521 .S73 2017
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction large size | 940.3 STA | Available | 066665 |
National Library's deposit copy signed by author. ANL
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-248) and index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1: 1914 'Australia will be there' -- Chapter 2: 1915 'Here Australia became a Nation' -- Chapter 3: 1916 'If blood be the price' -- Chapter 4: 1917 'Sower of tares' -- Chapter 5: 1918 'The last barrage' -- Chapter 6: 'The last Anzac' -- List of illustrations -- Further reading -- The National Library's Great War collections -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
The Crying Years includes a broad range of items from the Library's collections. They are united by text that concisely retells the story of Australia's Great War, year-by-year and them-by-theme, and that highlights some 28 individuals who exemplify aspects of the experiences. The Great War meant many things for Australians: triumph and disloyalty, idealism, pragmatism, opportunism, principle, creative endeavour, and many other aspects of humanity that emerge under the stress of extreme experience.
