So Here Is My True Story’
Australian Military Memoirs and the Construction of Public Understanding of Australia’s War in Afghanistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12344178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Laugesen (0000-0002-3290-6574, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-108 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1031-461X • E-ISSN: 1940-5049 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1031461x.2022.2070228 |
| OpenAlex | W4282920268 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Australia’s war in Afghanistan has led to the production of a number of military memoirs, published commercially and reaching a diverse readership. These memoirs shape public understandings of the experience of the war and how it was fought. This article analyses a selection of these military memoirs, focusing on how soldier-authors frame their reasons for joining the military and for being deployed to war. The article pays attention to descriptions of combat, mateship, and the enemy, and to the ways in which these books convey the costs of war
Ancient history · Art history · Media studies · Memoir · Political science · Sociology · History · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |