The Conscription Conflict and the Great War.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: 'The Most Interesting Experiment that has Ever Been Made in a Political Democracy': Conscription and the Great War -- Part 1: Origins -- Chapter One: 'A Real Heritage of the English People': British Liberalism and 'Continental Despotism' -- Chapter Two: Labour and Liberty: The Origins of the Conscription Referendum -- Part 2: Campaigns and Results -- Chapter Three: Anti-Conscriptionism in Australia: Individuals, Organisations and Arguments -- Chapter Four: Universities and Conscription: The 'Yes' Campaigns and the University of Melbourne -- Chapter Five: The Results of the 1916 and 1917 Conscription Referendums Re-examined -- Part 3: Comparisons -- Chapter Six: Why Was it Easier to Introduce and Implement Conscription in Some English-speaking Countries than in Others? -- Chapter Seven: Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia -- Part 4: Legacies -- Chapter Eight: Legend and Lamentation: Remembering the Anti-Conscription Struggle -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

But while the memory of the conscription campaigns once loomed large, it has increasingly been overshadowed by a preoccupation with the sacrifice and heroism of Australian soldiers a preoccupation that has been reinforced during the centennial commemorations.

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