Farewell, Dear People

WINNER OF THE 2013 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORY WINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK HOUSE NATIONAL CULTURAL AWARD COMMENDED FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARD For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World War I was catastrophic. It is hardly surprising, then, that Australians evaluating the consequences of the conflict have tended to focus primarily on the numbing number of losses — on the sheer quantity