A TIME FOR WAR : Australia as a Military Power (Quarterly Essay, Issue 20)

by Birmingham, John

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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc, Schwartz Publishing, 2005. 94pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed (small front cover image; author photo to rear) card wrapper as new. In this, the fourth 'Quarterly Essay' of 2005, author John Birmingham "looks at our war dreaming: the sanctification of Anzac Day and the eclipse of the Vietnam Syndrome. Ranging from Sir John Monash to Peter Cosgrove, from Rudyard Kipling to 'The One Day Of The Year', he finds that our armed forces can now do no wrong, and that politicians have taken note . . ." Plus: Correspondence- 'Relaxed and Comfortable', David Kemp, Graham Richardson, David Corlett, Don Aitken, Ian March, Matthew Sharpe, Judith Brett. Book weight approx. 200g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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