Each year we pause on Anzac Day and solemnly remember our fallen. But are we forgetting our returned veterans whose personal battles continue every single day, and how did we reach this point?

In this compelling and urgent book, best-selling author Patrick Lindsay looks at the wide-ranging damage caused by training Australians to be fighting machines and then inadequately supporting them as they re-enter their communities.

THE HOME FRONT book is a fascinating and rousing indictment of the culture of war, the thinking of those who wage it, and the cost to those who experience it..

THE HOME FRONT delves deep into the world of our modern veterans, uncovers the issues, highlights the problems and explores the solutions. All too often our modern veterans live in a world of shadows, doubt, pain and isolation. A world of darkness and depression, of PTSD and unresolved mental issues. A world where homeless looms. a world where suicide lurks.

The book highlights the problems of our modern veterans and to support the changes needed to improve their lives and futures. It allows our vets to tell their own stories, supplemented by the stories of their families and loved ones. These problems are examined by experts and illustrated with real examples.

In our longest war, over 20 years in Afghanistan, we lost 41 men killed in action. Over that same period, more than 1400 veterans took their own lives.

Our vets are tragically over-represented in our homeless and our suicides. One in every 20 of Australia’s homeless is a veteran. Ex-servicemen under 30 have a suicide rate more than twice that of the national average. THE HOME FRONT aims to educate Australians on the plight of our veterans. It shows our veterans that they are not alone in facing their many issues. It aims to act as a beacon to foster collaboration between veterans, ex-service organisations, government, the corporate world and the broader community.

The book and film’s impact campaign will support the Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide and will work to ensure its recommendations are fully implemented. It will highlight the urgent improvements needed in the administration of the Dept of Veterans’ Affairs and in handling the transition of veterans from service to civilian life.