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Article: Exploring the history of the Australian Army through biography.
- Article from:
- Journal of the Australian War Memorial
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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This article is an edited extract of a paper given at a one-day seminar "The Australian Army: Researching 100 Years of Service" organized by the Friends of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, in March 2001.
{1} Biography is a medium of special value in studying the history of the Australian Army. While other literary forms--such as unit and campaign histories, or institutional and organizational studies--all have their uses, in the life story of a particular commander (or some other notable military figure) the reader gains a more complete sense of the society and times in which events took place and people played out their role. A great many aspects and ...