AustLit
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TLS
Issue Details:
First known date:
2004...
no.
5278
28 May
2004
of
The Times Literary Supplement
est. 1902
The Times Literary Supplement
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In Brief : Australia,
single work
review
— Review of On the War-Path : An Anthology of Australian Military Travel 2004 anthology prose autobiography extract poetry criticism diary essay ;(p. 30)'This is an intriguing and enjoyable anthology. Robin Gerster and Peter Pierce, the editors of On the Warpath, have chosen their extracts on the basis of the “significant things they suggest about the war experience as a cultural as well as military challenge”, to the extent that the battlefield barely figures. An excellent introduction discusses the five broad themes covered in the book: colonial wars, the First and Second World Wars, wars in Asia and the Pacific, and battlefield tourism. From the writings in the first three sections it emerges that many Australians viewed war as an opportunity to see the world; they eagerly anticipated the oddities of South Africa, Egypt, Israel or France, but,…' (Introduction)
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