Politics
The Partnership: The inside story of the US–Australian Alliance under Bush and Howard by Greg Sheridan
by Peter Edwards •
Neal Blewett reviews 'Losing It' by Annabel Crabb, 'Loner: Inside a Labor tragedy' by Bernard Lagan, and 'The Latham Diaries' by Mark Latham
by Neal Blewett •
Although you might not guess it from media comment, The Latham Diaries (MUP, $39.95 hb, 429 pp, 0522852157) is the most important book yet published on Labor’s wilderness years. It provides a pungent characterisation of Labor’s post-1996 history; conveys a profound understanding of the challenges facing a social democratic party in contemporary Australia ...
... (read more)Beyond Right and Left: New politics and the culture wars by David McKnight
by Guy Rundle •
God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics by Marion Maddox
by James Upcher •
The President of Good & Evil: The ethics of George W. Bush by Peter Singer
by Raimond Gaita •
Sending Them Home: Refugees and the new politics of indifference (Quarterly Essay 13) by Robert Manne (with David Corlett)
by Nathan Hollier •
Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from five countries by Julian V. Roberts, Loretta J. Stalans, David Indemaur, and Mike Hough
by Russell Hogg •
Implicating Empire: Globalization and resistance in the 21st century world order edited by Stanley Aronowitz and Heather Gautney
by Peter Beilharz •