Other People's Wars: A History of Australian Peacekeeping by Peter Londey
16 February, 2005

Redcoats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001 by Ian Kuring
16 February, 2005

Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor by Clinton Fernandes
16 February, 2005

State Building Governance and World Order in the Twenty-First Century by Francis Fukuyama
16 February, 2005

Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime by Eliot A. Cohen
16 February, 2005

Target North Korea: Pushing North Korea to the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe by Gavan McCormack
16 February, 2005

Terrorism Explained: The Facts about Terrorism and Terrorist Groups by Clive Williams
16 February, 2005

Inventing ANZAC: The Digger and National Mythology by Graham Seal
16 February, 2005

True Believer: John Howard. George Bush and the American Alliance by Robert Garran
16 February, 2005

Three books on Australian operations in Papua New Guinea during World War II
16 February, 2005

Ruxton: A Biography by Anne Blair
16 February, 2005

Axis of Deceit: The Story of the Intelligence Officer Who Risked all to Tell the Truth about WMD and Iraq by Andrew Wilkie
16 February, 2005

Bastard of a Place by Peter Brune
19 July, 2004
This is by no means Peter Brune’s first book about Papua in World War II. So A Bastard of a Place proceeds with welcome confidence and competence. Brune (like Les Carlyon with his magnificent Gallipoli) in his own stout boots has covered kilometres of the weary terrain. Both authors know that there is no other way of getting the scene exactly right

The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment Vol 1: 1885-1918 and Vol 2: 1939-45 by Major General Gordon L. Maitland
19 July, 2004
More than a third of the troops Australia deployed in two World Wars were citizens of New South Wales. Their deeds went a long way towards making the Legend of Anzac from 1915 to 1918 and continued the tradition of courage, sacrifice and determination into the second of those wars from 1939 to 1945. The Royal New South Wales Regiment is a comparatively recent creation, formed as part of a major restructuring of the army in 1960, when the CMF infantry battalions in each Australian state were brought together to form state regiments. The army has experienced many re-organisations in its history and in all probability none was more traumatic than in 1960. However a redeeming feature was the decision to carry on the honours and traditions of the old battalions of the AIF and the Militia in the “new” state regiments.

Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by Robert K. Massie
19 July, 2004
Robert Massie is a Pulitzer Prize winning author of biographies and naval history. Castles of Steel follows his earlier work Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, as an equally fascinating account of the naval war at sea between 1914 and 1918. Castles of Steel combines a generally chronological narrative with character sketches of many of the principal actors and personal descriptions of significant events. It is this approach which makes the book stand apart from the very many others that cover some, or all, of the naval aspects of World War I.

Anastasia by Colin Falconer
27 March, 2004
In July 1918 seven members of the royal house of Russia and four of their party were massacred by the Bolsheviks. For many years afterwards, rumour had it that the youngest daughter had miraculously survived. Her name was Anastasia Romanov. Ever since the slaying conspiracy theories have been rife and plenty of pretenders have laid claim to the Romanov name. In fact, all but two of the bodies, supposedly those of Marie and heir apparent Alexei, were finally laid to rest in 1998.

Alamein: The Australian Story by David Johnston and Peter Stanley
13 March, 2004
A great British historian, Tawney, advised that to be any good as a historian, one must master the documents and the archives, but even more importantly a historian must wear a stout pair of boots. History, he argued, lacked surety, unless the writer had walked the ground and had an intimacy with the environment.

Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror by Jason Burke
13 March, 2004
This book is essential reading for those seeking to understand the phenomenon of Al Qa’eda, and more broadly the reality of the threat from Islamist terrorism. Jason Burke has produced a rare analysis of Al Qa’eda and Islamist militancy that allows the reader to consider the ‘adversary’ from the adversary’s perspective.