Captive Anzacs - Australian Pows of the Ottomans During the First World War

Informationen zum Autor Kate Ariotti is a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. She specialises in the effects of war on Australian society and culture, particularly prisoners of war, grief and mourning, and memory and commemoration. Klappentext Captive Anzacs explores the experiences of the 198 Australians who became prisoners of the Ottomans during the First World War. Zusammenfassung Captive Anzacs explores the experiences of the 198 Australians who became prisoners of the Ottomans during the First World War. Kate Ariotti intertwines rich detail from letters! diaries and other personal papers with official records to provide a comprehensive! nuanced account of this aspect of Australian war history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Becoming prisoners of war; 2. The circumstances of confinement; 3. Shaping camp life; 4. Outside connections; 5. Reactions at home; 6. After the Armistice; 7. 'Repat' and remembrance; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Ariotti, Kate (University of Newcastle Ariotti
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781107198647
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19864-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Australian Army History Series; Australian Army History; Australian Army History; Australian Army History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; First World War, Australia, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Prisoners of War, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1)