'Major Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin was a brave First World War officer who led his men of the Tasmanian 40th Battalion in desperate battles on the Western Front. He was wounded three times and awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order, decorations that suggest he was in the mould of a conventional, courageous AIF officer. His wartime letters held in the Library’s Manuscripts Collection, however, reveal a more complex, nuanced attitude to the war than an account of his bravery and leadership might suggest.' (Introduction)