War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition, 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics Series

Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield.

Introduction
1. The 'Race of Athletes' of World War I
2. Anzac Day and the Language of Sport and War
3. The 'Army of Athletes' of World War II
4. Anzac and Sport after World War II
Conclusion

Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of The Sportsmen of Changi (2012), which deals with the relationship between sport and captivity under the Japanese during World War II.