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'Australia’s war in Afghanistan has led to the production of a number of military memoirs, published commercially and reaching a diverse readership. These memoirs shape public understandings of the experience of the war and how it was fought. This article analyses a selection of these military memoirs, focusing on how soldier-authors frame their reasons for joining the military and for being deployed to war. The article pays attention to descriptions of combat, mateship, and the enemy, and to the ways in which these books convey the costs of war.' (Publication abstract)
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‘So Here Is My True Story’ : Australian Military Memoirs and the Construction of Public Understanding of Australia’s War in Afghanistan
Australian Historical Studies
Subjects:
- Without Warning : A Soldier's Extraordinay Story 2013 single work autobiography
- The Crossroad 2013 single work autobiography
- The Promise 2015 single work biography
- Courage Under Fire 2020 single work autobiography
- The Fighter : The Extraordinary True Story of How a Muay Thai Champion Survived Hell on the Frontline in Afghanistan 2015 single work biography
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