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Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History edited by Craig Stockings

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May 2012, no. 341

Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History edited by Craig Stockings

NewSouth Publishing, $34.99 pb, 346 pp, 9781742232881

Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History edited by Craig Stockings

by
May 2012, no. 341

This book is the second in a series compiled by a group of Canberra academics on the distortions they perceive to surround the writing of military history in this country. Before the book itself is tackled, a word should be said about the titles they have chosen for their two volumes. The first (published in 2010) is called Zombie Myths of Australian Military History; this one is entitled Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History. As happens to many a poor author, these hideously ugly titles may have been imposed on the book by the publisher. If not, they need serious help when they title future volumes.

Robin Prior reviews 'Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History' edited by Craig Stockings

Anzac’s Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History

edited by Craig Stockings

NewSouth Publishing, $34.99 pb, 346 pp, 9781742232881