You’ll be Sorry! How World War II changed women’s lives by Ann Howard – Book Review
This is an updated reprint of two earlier volumes by Anne Howard.
Monica's War: an Australian Army matron in Australia, New Guinea and Japan by John P McMahon – Book Review
John McMahon has written of the life of his aunt Monica McMahon with the greatest admiration for her and all the nursing and medical professionals she worked with during her […]
The Australian Imperial Force Volume 5 of The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War series Jean Bou, Peter Dennis; Paul Dalgleish – Book Review
This is the final volume in this impressive series.
The Dust of Uruzgan by Fred Smith – Book Review
Fred Smith, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officer, served for two years over two tours as a diplomat in southern Afghanistan, working alongside Dutch, US and mostly Australian […]
Phillip Schuler: the remarkable life of one of Australia’s greatest war correspondents by Mark Baker – Book Review
Phillip Schuler, a handsome young journalist from the Melbourne Age, covered the Gallipoli campaign alongside Charles Bean.
Churchill’s legacy: two speeches to save the world by Alan Watson – Book Review
Churchill’s Legacy describes how Winston Churchill wielded his influence in post-war politics to enable the restoration and defence of Europe through two key speeches in 1946.
On ops: lessons and challenges for the Australian Army since East Timor edited by Tom Frame and Albert Palazzo – Book Review
When the Cold War ended in 1990, no one could (or did) predict that over the next 25 years Australian Army personnel would be deployed to Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bougainville, […]
Charles Bean: if people really knew: one man’s struggle to report the Great War and tell the truth by Ross Coulthart – Book Review
This book is an exploration of the nature of journalism, politics and history that utilises Charles Bean’s life as the vehicle.
