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'Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. Famously criticised for his deliberate myth-making as editor of The Anzac Book, Bean was also a public servant, institutional leader, author, activist, thinker, doer, philosopher and polemicist. 

'In Charles Bean, Man, myth, legacy Australia's top military historians - including Peter Stanley, Peter Burness, Michael McKernan, Jeffrey Grey, Peter Edwards, David Horner, Peter Rees and Craig Stockings - analyse the man, the myth and his long-reaching legacy. 

'Contributors include Peter Stanley, Peter Burness, Michael McKernan, Jeffrey Grey, Peter Edwards, David Horner, Peter Rees and Craig Stockings.'  (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:NewSouth Publishing , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Finding the Man?, Stephen Ellis , single work biography (p. 9-23)
Bean on the Western Front, Peter Burness , single work biography (p. 24-38)
Bean at Tuggeranong, Jennifer Horsfield , single work biography (p. 39-52)
Reading Bean, Michael McKernan , single work biography (p. 53-61)
Charles Bean and the Making of the National Archives of Australia, Anne-Marie Conde , extract essay

'The man who first imagined the Australian War Memorial was also active in the creation of another key institution'

(p. 62-76)
The Distributed Bean Archive, Michael Piggott , single work biography (p. 77-88)
Rethinking Bean's Philosophy of History, Martin Ball , single work biography (p. 89-104)
Bean and Official History, Jeffrey Grey , single work biography (p. 105-116)
Bean's Straight Line, Peter Rees , single work biography (p. 117-134)
An Adequate Memorial, Peter Stanley , single work biography (p. 135-144)
Conflicts and Controversies Over Southeast Asia, Peter Edwards , single work biography (p. 145-158)
The Malayan Emergency, Peter Dennis , single work biography (p. 159-169)
The Vietnam Conflict, Chris Clark , single work biography (p. 170-181)
Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post- Cold War, David Murray Horner , single work biography (p. 182-198)
Doing History in the Digital Age, Garth Pratten , single work biography (p. 199-214)
A Continuing Tradition...but a Whole New Ballgame, Craig Stockings , single work biography (p. 215)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Charles Bean : Man, Myth, Legacy. Edited by Peter Stanley Martin Crotty , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , March vol. 64 no. 1 2018; (p. 145-146)

'There can be no doubt about the centrality of C.E.W. Bean to Australia’s commemoration and understanding of the First World War experience. Bean, the official war correspondent, sent back numerous despatches from Gallipoli and France, often from very close to the front lines. He edited The Anzac Book published in 1916, was a driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Records Section and the Australian War Memorial, and oversaw and wrote much of the twelve-volume official history. Whether he “effectively created” the Anzac legend — as Peter Stanley suggests — is perhaps contestable, but he did give it much of its literary and monumental shape. ' (Introduction)

[Review Essay] Charles Bean. Man, Myth, Legacy Richard Trembath , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 41 no. 4 2017; (p. 542-543)

'Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, generally known as CEW Bean, trained as a lawyer and practised as a journalist prior to the First World War. Appointed Official Correspondent in 1914, he subsequently became editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, writing the key volumes about Anzac and the Western Front himself. Bean was the founding father of the Australian War Memorial, and if that was not enough, also played a role in establishing the National Archives. Largely unread now—he may never have been read much—Bean is widely regarded as the creator, or the most significant founder, of the Anzac legend.' (Introduction)

[Review Essay] Charles Bean. Man, Myth, Legacy Richard Trembath , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 41 no. 4 2017; (p. 542-543)

'Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, generally known as CEW Bean, trained as a lawyer and practised as a journalist prior to the First World War. Appointed Official Correspondent in 1914, he subsequently became editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, writing the key volumes about Anzac and the Western Front himself. Bean was the founding father of the Australian War Memorial, and if that was not enough, also played a role in establishing the National Archives. Largely unread now—he may never have been read much—Bean is widely regarded as the creator, or the most significant founder, of the Anzac legend.' (Introduction)

Charles Bean : Man, Myth, Legacy. Edited by Peter Stanley Martin Crotty , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , March vol. 64 no. 1 2018; (p. 145-146)

'There can be no doubt about the centrality of C.E.W. Bean to Australia’s commemoration and understanding of the First World War experience. Bean, the official war correspondent, sent back numerous despatches from Gallipoli and France, often from very close to the front lines. He edited The Anzac Book published in 1916, was a driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Records Section and the Australian War Memorial, and oversaw and wrote much of the twelve-volume official history. Whether he “effectively created” the Anzac legend — as Peter Stanley suggests — is perhaps contestable, but he did give it much of its literary and monumental shape. ' (Introduction)

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