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Gallipoli: A Short History by Michael McKernan & Pozières: The Anzac Story by Scott Bennett

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May 2011, no. 331

Gallipoli: A Short History by Michael McKernan

Allen & Unwin, $27.99 pb, 230 pp, 9781742370286

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Pozières: The Anzac Story by Scott Bennett

Scribe, $36.95 pb, 398 pp, 9781921640353

Gallipoli: A Short History by Michael McKernan & Pozières: The Anzac Story by Scott Bennett

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May 2011, no. 331

Michael McKernan states in his introduction to his short book on Gallipoli that he is dissatisfied with much writing on military history. He writes: ‘Military history is often presented as a thing of maps and statistics, a brutal narrative based on the deployments and motives of commanders with a score sheet of those who performed well and those who failed. In this book I have tried to go beyond that ... to show that somewhere for each life lost, there was long mourning and deep grief.’

Robin Prior reviews 'Gallipoli: A Short History' by Michael McKernan and 'Pozières: The Anzac Story' by Scott Bennett

Gallipoli: A Short History

by Michael McKernan

Allen & Unwin, $27.99 pb, 230 pp, 9781742370286

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Pozières: The Anzac Story

by Scott Bennett

Scribe, $36.95 pb, 398 pp, 9781921640353

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