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AIH238 - Australia and the Two World Wars

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Offered at:

(B, G)

Credit point(s):1
Offerings:

Trimester 2

EFTSL value: 0.125
Unit chair:B Ziino
Campus contact:

D Blair (B), B Ziino (G)

Incompatible with: AIH232/332, AIH233/333, AIH338
Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.

Content

This unit examines critically several themes about the role that Australia played in the two world wars and the impact of those wars on Australian society. The themes to be studied include:

  • the debate over fighting 'other peoples' wars';

  • the methods by which different wars were fought;

  • the soldiers' experience of war and return;

  • conscription, conscientious objection and popular opposition;

  • dissent in wartime;

  • gender and war;

  • aftermath of wars, including repatriation, broken bodies, broken minds, grief and loss;

  • citizenship issues and war, including internment of aliens;

  • the impact of war on the Australian state, national policies and the economy;

  • the representing of Australia's wars, including film;

  • comparisons with the war experiences of other nations and the ANZAC legend;

  • memory of war.

Assessment

First assignment 1500 words 30%

Second assignment 2000 words 50%

Tutorial work 20%.

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Student Contribution Rate***Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$706$706$706$2138$2273

* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.

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