THE CHINA CHOICE: Why America should Share Power, by Hugh White, Black Inc.,190pp. Reviewed: 11 August 2012 Hugh White is ANU Professor of Strategic Studies and one of the heavyweights of Australian strategic policy discussion, but this book barely touches…
THE BIG HANDOUT How U.S. subsidies and corporate welfare corrupt the world we live in and wreak havoc on our food bills Thomas Kostigen, Scribe, 288pp. Reviewed: 21 July 2012 Nobody spruiks the principles of Free Trade more strenuously than…
INTEL WARS The secret history of the fight against terror. By Matthew M Aid, Bloomsbury Press, 262pp Reviewed: 31 March 2012 If intelligence is the trump card of modern warfare, the United States ought to prevail in every conflict. This…
THE NEW HATE: A history of fear and loathing on the populist right. By Arthur Goldwag, Scribe, 368pp Reviewed: 10 March 2012 Recently I’ve noticed more Australians voicing their disgust at the verbal violence and personal nastiness that pervade our…
MONSOON The Indian Ocean and the Battle for Supremacy in the 21st Century by Robert Kaplan Black Inc. 366pp. Reviewed: 18 December, 2010 It’s a difficult time for an American to write a serious review of America’s future place in…
THE DEVIL WE KNOW Dealing with the new Iranian superpower By Robert Baer, Scribe Publications, 277pp Reviewed: 4 April 2009 Barack Obama has declared that the USA is ready to talk to the regime in Iran, after 30 years of…
THE STRANGE DEATH OF REPUBLICAN AMERICA Chronicles of a Collapsing Party By Sidney Blumenthal, Union Square Press. 340pp. Reviewed: 28 May 2008 Sidney Blumenthal, a committed Democrat and senior adviser to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, makes no pretence of…
