TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bean,C.E.W.
TI  - Anzac to Amiens
SN  - 9780143571674
U1  - 940.40994 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Melbourne, Victoria
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Australia
KW  - Army
KW  - Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921)
KW  - History
KW  - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Campaigns
N1  - First published by The Australian War Memorial: 1946; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The First World War was the blooding of the young Australian nation. Five years after Australia's overwhelming response to Britain's declaration of war, nearly a fifth of the 330,000 Australians who served overseas lay dead. Charles Bean witnessed it all. Appointed official war correspondent with the Australian Imperial Force in 1914, he spent the entire war in Europe at the cutting edge of the military machine. Anzac to Amiens is Bean's remarkable condensation of the twelve-volume official history of Australia's involvement in the Great War. It describes with great clarity and compassion the strategies, the tactical strikes, the shellings and the sacrifices of that terrible and drawn-out conflict. An acknowledged classic of military history, Anzac to Amiens is compelling and compulsory reading for every Australian interested in the nation's bloody coming of age; World War I; Armed services
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