Alison Broinowski
Author of The Yellow Lady: Australian Impressions of Asia
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In a nutshell, the take-home message from The Honest History Book is that we do ourselves (and our children) a disservice if we focus on Anzac at the expense of other aspects of our history.
So the book covers some of the territory in James Brown’s Anzac’s Long Shadow, but it also explores our history of progressive nation-building reforms and our economic and environmental history and it does some myth-busting about our egalitarianism, our heroes and the role of women.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2017/09/30/the-honest-history-book-edited-by-david-step...… (more)