Captive Anzacs: Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War (Australian Army History Series)
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Kate Ariotti (Author)
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During the First World War, 198 Australians became prisoners of the Ottomans. Overshadowed by the grief and hardship that characterised the post-war period, and by the enduring myth of the fighting Anzac, these POWs have long been neglected in the national memory of the war. Captive Anzacs explores how the prisoners felt about their capture and how they dealt with the physical and psychological strain of imprisonment, as well as the legacy of their time as POWs. More broadly, it explores public perceptions of the prisoners, the effects of their captivity on their families, and how military, government and charitable organisations responded to the POWs both during and after the War. Intertwining rich detail from letters, diaries and other personal papers with official records, Kate Ariotti offers a comprehensive, nuanced account of this aspect of Australian war history. Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Maps; 16 Halftones, black and white
About the Author
Kate Ariotti is a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. She specialises in the effects of war on Australian society and culture, particularly prisoners of war, grief and mourning, and memory and commemoration.
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- Contributor: Kate Ariotti
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781107198647
- Number of Pages: 238
- Packaged Dimensions: 158x235x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 520
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2018-05-01
- Series: Australian Army History Series
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Kate Ariotti is a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. She specialises in the effects of war on Australian society and culture, particularly prisoners of war, grief and mourning, and memory and commemoration.
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