Some critics have suggested that the revival in public interest in Anzac Day amongst the young results from the fact that younger Australians have not themselves experienced war.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/unarticleid_5088.html|title=Gallipoli – remembering and learning|publisher=University of Melbourne|work=The University of Melbourne Voice Vol. 3, No. 1|date=14 April – 12 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708190251/http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/unarticleid_5088.html|archive-date=8 July 2008}}</ref><ref name=Brunero>{{cite web |last=Brunero |first=Tim |title=Anzac Day is not for kids |url=http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/04/23/Anzac_Day_is_not_for_kids |work=livenews.com.au |date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424115130/http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/04/23/Anzac_Day_is_not_for_kids |archive-date=24 April 2008}}</ref><ref name=Porter>Liz Porter, [http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/cry-anzac-and-let-slip-the-metaphors-of-war-20090418-aavc.html Cry Anzac and let slip the metaphors of war] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904045946/http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/cry-anzac-and-let-slip-the-metaphors-of-war-20090418-aavc.html |date=4 September 2015}}, ''The Age'', 19 April 2009.</ref> Critics see the revival as part of a rise of unreflective nationalism in Australia which was particularly fostered by the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard.<ref name=Ball>Andrew Ball, [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616327419.html What the Anzac Revival means, ''The Age'', 14 April 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202131551/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616327419.html |date=2 February 2009}}</ref><ref name=Smith>Tony Smith, [http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/09/smitht.html Conscripting the Anzac myth to silence dissent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917134805/http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/09/smitht.html |date=17 September 2006}}, Australian Review of Public Affairs, 11 September 2006. Retrieved 5 April 20095.</ref><ref name=Bryant>Nick Bryant, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/2009/04/the_revitalisation_of_anzac_da.html The revitalisation of Anzac Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428195950/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/2009/04/the_revitalisation_of_anzac_da.html |date=28 April 2009}}, [[BBC News]], 24 April 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2009.</ref><ref name=mcdonald>Matt McDonald, [http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/3/1/0/3/4/p310340_index.html 'Lest We Forget': Invoking the Anzac myth and the memory of sacrifice in Australian military intervention], Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association's 50th Annual Convention "Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future", New York City, 15 February 2009.</ref> Some historians believe Anzac Day events are now on the decline, although it is likely there will continue to be smaller dawn services and official events in the future. Martin Crotty thought that perhaps it was now a ritual for older, traditional Australians, with old values of mateship and loyalty and even as a "reaction against globalisation"; however, Carolyn Holbrook disagrees, arguing that young people are responsible for the resurgence, and among older people there is a big group of sceptics, [[Baby Boomers]] who were influenced by Vietnam War protests.<ref name=Ausgeog/>