Matthew Ricketson talks to journalist Mark Danner, in Australia for the launch of his book Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War
25 Feb 10 Comments OffTracking Kokoda
BOOKS | Interest in making the pilgrimage might be tapering off, but that gives us an opportunity to understand Kokoda in more complex ways, writes Hank Nelson
04 Dec 09 Comments (0)Obama versus the Pentagon
The cold war still hangs over efforts to reduce the world’s nuclear arsenal, writes Andy Butfoy
25 Sep 09 Comments (1)Battle over a war
For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden
02 Jun 09 Comments (0)Collision course
Abandoned in the 1960s, “forward defence” makes a disturbing reappearance in the government’s defence white paper, argues Brian Toohey
05 May 09 Comments (0)A few billion here, a few billion there…
… and pretty soon you’re talking about a very expensive defence white paper. Where will the money come from, asks Geoffrey Barker
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In the belly of the beast
Australian soldier and anthropologist David Kilcullen (pictured), who helped design the Iraq surge, has now written a book about how western counter-terrorism must change fundamentally. He talks to Geoffrey Barker
06 Apr 09 Comments (1)
