SHANGHAI FURY Australian Heroes of Revolutionary China. By Peter Thompson Heinemann, 530pp. Reviewed: 22 October 2011 You might think that the last century and a half of Chinese history has already been probed from every conceivable angle, but Peter Thompson…
AN UNWINNABLE WAR: Australia in Afghanistan. By Karen Middleton Melbourne University Press, 382pp. Reviewed: 1 October 2011 In tracing the politics of Australia’s military involvement in Afghanistan, this book says more about Australia than about Afghanistan. From John Howard’s emotional…
