Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War / Kate Ariotti.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Australian Army history series
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Other format: | Print version: Ariotti, Kate. Captive Anzacs. 9781107198647 |
| Notes: | Print version record. Bib#: 2699946 |
| Series: | Australian Army history series
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| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9781108182652 1108182658 9781108196017 1108196012 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108182652 |
| Bib#: | 2699946 |
