{"product_id":"bully-beef-and-balderdash-used-book","title":"Bully Beef and balderdash ** USED BOOK **","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBully Beef and balderdash\u003cbr\u003eSome Myths of the AIF Examined and Debunked\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eby (author)\u003cbr\u003eGraham Wilson\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good (VG):\u003c\/strong\u003e Describes a book that shows some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects should be noted on the listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Australian Imperial Force, first raised in 1914 for overseas war service, became better known by its initials - the \"AIF\". \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was a distinct character to those who enlisted in the earliest months and who were destined to fight on Gallipoli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the war the AIF took its place among the great armies of the world, on some of history's oldest battlefields. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Australians would attack at the Dardanelles, enter Jerusalem and Damascus, defend Amiens and Ypres, and swagger through the streets of Cairo, Paris, and London, with their distinctive slouch hats and comparative wealth of six shillings per day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the legend of the AIF is shrouded in myth and mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas Beersheba the last great cavalry charge in history? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid the AIF storm the red light district of Cairo and burn it to ground while fighting running battles with the military police? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas the AIF the only all-volunteer army of World War I?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraham Wilson's Bully Beef and Balderdash shines an unforgiving light on these and other well-known myths of the AIF in World War I, arguing that these spectacular legends simply serve to diminish the hard-won reputation of the AIF as a fighting force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraham Wilson mounts his own campaign to rehabilitate the historical reputation of the force and to demonstrate that misleading and inaccurate embellishment does nothing but hide the true story of Australia's World War I fighting army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBully Beef and Balderdash deliberately tilts at some well-loved windmills and, for those who cherish the mythical story of the AIF, this will not be comfortable reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet, given the extraordinary truth of the AIF's history, it is certainly compelling reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROD CODE : 9781921941566-C1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khaki \u0026 Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67595331371257,"sku":"9781921941566-C1","price":25.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/files\/9781921941566-C1.jpg?v=1793924471","url":"https:\/\/khaki-green.com.au\/products\/bully-beef-and-balderdash-used-book","provider":"Khaki and Green Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}