Professor Stephen Garton is a graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Australian Historical Society.

'Stephen Garton's book is a long-awaited and very thorough study of the cost of war to Australian society ... It will be an important addition to an area in which there is a paucity of published material.' -- Carolyn Newman -- Labour History

'The cost of war is borne by individuals, families, especially successive generations of Australian women, and broader society. We have a deeper and far more nuanced appreciation of these realities as a result of this book.' -- Stephen Loosley -- The Australian

'Written with admirable balance, insight, and imagination, The Cost of War deserves a wide audience ... Garton details the ongoing contest within Australian society over the meaning of warfare and individual sacrifice ... It is a provocative, insightful, and highly recommended study.' -- Robert J. McMahon -- Journal of American History

'The Cost of War is a masterful book, a tour de force written by a scholar of the highest order ... This is a book that speaks to Australia. Garton's material is superbly organised, clearly written, insightful and wise. He writes with great understanding and compassion for the servicemen and women who fought and died for Australia, while not shying away from difficult, at times, darker aspects.' -- Braham Dabscheck -- The Newtown Review of Books

Garton's analysis of the process of remembering the war at personal, institutional and national levels is incisive. His account of the development and administration of the repatriation system is a model of enquiry. The chapters on soldier settlement, shellshock, re-entry to life at home and prisoners of war are informative and saddening. -- Mike O'Brien -- Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Library