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Culture June 26, 2021
A Narrative of Denial: Australia and the Indonesian Violation of East Timor
As the title indicates, this book is not kind to the Australian politicians and diplomats who shaped policy on the former Portuguese Timor between 1974 and 1983. Peter Job was not predisposed to be kind: in 1978 he was in the bush outside Darwin manning …
Culture July 13, 2019
The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy
Amid discussions about China’s attempts to expand its influence in Australia by means both overt and covert, a book that examines a far more successful operation involving another foreign power is especially welcome. Melbourne businessman Phil Scanlan …
Culture November 09, 2019
Battle on 42nd Street
World War II continues to be mined for popular histories extolling Digger courage and endurance. At first glance Peter Monteath’s Battle on 42nd Street looks like such a book – but it is in fact a deeper, compelling narrative by an academic …
Culture April 27, 2019
Australia’s Vietnam
It is almost unthinkable now that Australia would pick young men out of civilian life by birthday ballot and send them off to fight and die in a distant war. In the Vietnam War, 212 such conscripts were killed, along with 309 other soldiers. These days …
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