DOUGLAS NEWTON. Armistice Day – narrow nationalist naiveties and voodoo vindications of war
November 11, 2017
Every year, in the days leading up to Armistice Day, a little crop of opinion pieces appears urging Australians to do more than merely remember the dead of war. Various writers argue that we should also recognise the justice of the cause. These frankly nationalist opinion pieces are based on a naïve understanding of the Great War.