At the Front Line Experiences of Australian Soldiers in World War II

Name: At the Front Line Experiences of Australian Soldiers in World War II
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ISBN: 9780521523233

ISBN-10: 0521523230

ISBN-13: 9780521523233

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mark Johnston

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At the Front Line draws on a plethora of letters, diaries and documents written by over 300 Australian soldiers in the field to present a picture of the hardships and triumphs of their wartime experience. Mark Johnston analyses the suffering of front-line soldiers caused not only by the opposing force, but also by the conditions imposed by their own army. The book details the physical and psychological pressures of life at the front and shows how soldiers survived or surrendered to unbearable environments, fear, boredom and the constant threat of impending death. The myths of mateship and equanimity are brought under scrutiny. Much hostility can be explained by competition between ranks and…

Book details

List price: $42.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Mark Johnston is the Walter Cerf Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the author of "Surviving Death" (Princeton).




The Front Line



The unnatural life at the front



Experiences of fear and death



Major sources of front-line stress



When fear became unbearable



Taking the strains of the front line



The Army Way



Callous bigwigs and boredom



Army muck-ups



Resentment of inequality



Discipline and making the most of army life



Mates



A band of brothers?


Aftermath and conclusions



Who fought where



Statistical comparisons