{"product_id":"the-broken-years-australian-soldiers-in-the-great-war-by-bill-gammage","title":"The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War by Bill Gammage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthor: Bill Gammage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoft cover, very good condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"452\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"58\"\u003eThe Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War\u003c\/strong\u003e by Bill Gammage is a landmark work of Australian military and social history, first published by Australian National University Press in 1974. It reconstructs the experiences of Australian soldiers in the First World War primarily through their \u003cstrong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"327\"\u003eletters and diaries\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing on the records of about 1,000 members of the First Australian Imperial Force. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"415\" data-content-reference-end=\"448\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"982\"\u003eGammage focuses less on military strategy than on the \u003cstrong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"535\"\u003ehuman experience of war\u003c\/strong\u003e—the expectations of Australian volunteers, their experiences at Gallipoli, in Egypt and Palestine, and on the Western Front, and the effects of combat on their attitudes toward war, home and Australia. The book is particularly significant for showing how the realities of the conflict contributed to changing Australian attitudes toward the British Empire and helped shape the developing \u003cstrong data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"943\"\u003eAnzac tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis item is second-hand and is sold as is. If you would like more details please contact us or visit us in store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% of profits raised from the sale of our goods will assist Fair Trade and Gift Shop in helping the many charities we support which make lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FAIR TRADE AND GIFT SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67589522227353,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/7536\/2457\/files\/IMG_3771.jpg?v=1790660489","url":"https:\/\/fairtradeandgiftshop.com\/products\/the-broken-years-australian-soldiers-in-the-great-war-by-bill-gammage","provider":"FAIR TRADE AND GIFT SHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}