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Birmingham also looks at our war dreaming: the sanctification of Anzac Day and the eclipse of the Vietnam Syndrome. Ranging from Sir John Monash to Peter Cosgrove, from Rudyard Kipling to \u003cem\u003eThe One Day of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e, he finds that our armed forces can now do no wrong, and that politicians have taken note. The new militarism is not simply a response to September 11, he argues – it marks a deeper shift in the culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 20, \u003cem\u003eA Time for War\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-hugh-white-0\"\u003eHugh White\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-wesley-0\"\u003eMichael Wesley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-graeme-cheeseman\"\u003eGraeme Cheeseman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460765925511,"sku":"9781863951340","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe20_0_2a39c6a9-8252-4cc1-af31-5fab74bdd5f8.jpg?v=1625796556"},{"product_id":"after-the-blast-an-australian-officer-in-iraq-and-afghanistantrade-paperback","title":"After the Blast by Garth Callender","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very Australian story of heroism and healing. \u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq.  He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond.  But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb attack.  Garth became Australia's first serious casualty in the war. \u003cbr\u003e\nAfter recovering from his injuries, Garth returned to Iraq in 2006 as second-in-command of the Australian Army's security detachment in Baghdad.  He found a city in the grip of a rising insurgency.  His unit had to contend with missile attacks, suicide bombers and the death by misadventure of one of their own, Private Jake Kovco. \u003cbr\u003e\nDetermined to prevent the kinds of bomb attacks that left him scarred, Garth volunteered once more in 2009 – to lead a weapons intelligence team in Afghanistan.  He was helicoptered to blast zones in the aftermath of attacks, and worked to identify the insurgent bomb-makers responsible. \u003cbr\u003e\nRevealing, moving, funny and full of drama, Garth Callender's story is one of a kind. \u003cbr\u003e\n'Garth Callender, a wounded veteran, tells his story of multiple combat tours with acid intensity.  Stark, brutal and honest,  After the Blast  exposes the ghastly business of modern warfare.  It is an uncompromising account that will shock some readers.  Raw emotions, fears, loves, frustrations and anger are unflinchingly recalled.  This book provides a rare insight to the harsh realities of Australia's contemporary conflicts.'   Major General John Cantwell, AO, DSC, Author of  Exit Wounds   \u003cbr\u003e\n'Garth Callender shows you what soldiers really think – and, more importantly, feel.'   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What lessons haven't we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?'\u003cbr\u003e\nDefence analyst and former army officer James Brown believes that Australia is expending too much time, money and emotion on the Anzac legend, and that today's soldiers are suffering for it.\u003cbr\u003e\nVividly evoking the war in Afghanistan, Brown reveals the experience of the modern soldier. He looks closely at the companies and clubs that trade on the Anzac story. He shows that Australians spend a lot more time looking after dead warriors than those who are alive. We focus on a cult of remembrance, instead of understanding a new world of soldiering and strategy. And we make it impossible to criticise the Australian Defence Force, even when it makes the same mistakes over and over. None of this is good for our soldiers or our ability to deal with a changing world. 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