Cat. No. DVDM 1749: MONASH AND ME ~ PETER GRESTE. ABC / BEYOND BHE8028.
FORMAT: PAL REGION: 4.
COLOUR RUNNING TIME: 122 MINS.
REVIEW: Journalist and war correspondent Peter Greste goes in search of the real man behind the Australian General who changed the way the world fights wars, Sir John Monash. What he finds about Monash, his own family, and the way we Australians remember war is challenging and confronting.
Across two episodes Greste plays detective and military analyst, unearthing private letters, diary and unit histories from Monash and protagonists on each side of the conflict. By shining a fresh light onto Monash’s triumphs and tragedies, Greste offers up his assessment on Monash’s legacy for contemporary Australia. A complex, talented and enigmatic man, fiercely intelligent and a brilliant tactician, Monash’s engineering background put him in a unique position to see and solve problems on the battlefield. This saved thousands of lives on the Western Front, and also set the stage for how war is still conducted today. In the aftermath of war, Monash played a leading role in helping the country struggle with its grief.
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