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No Laurels For De Gaulle
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the shadow of one of history's most towering and controversial figures, Robert Mengin's No Laurels for de...
The Pacifist Conscience
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark collection in the history of peace literature, The Pacifist Conscience assembles some of the most compelling...
Cold War To Détente: 1945-80
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the smoldering ruins of World War II to the uneasy thaw of the late 1970s,...
Russia After Stalin
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of one of history's most brutal dictatorships, Isaac Deutscher's Russia After Stalin presents...
Crash Through Or Crash: The Unmaking Of A Prime Minister
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew political careers in Australian history burned as brightly — or collapsed as dramatically — as that of...
Polytechnical Education In The U.S.S.R.
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light pencil annotations throughoutAt the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's radical reimagining...
Proof Of Antitrust Markets In Australia
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the complex arena of Australian competition law, defining and proving the boundaries of a market is often the decisive battleground upon which antitrust...
Policing And Punishing The Drinking Driver: A Study Of General And Specific Deterrence
$95.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWhat deters a driver from getting behind the wheel after one too many drinks — fear of death, moral conviction, or the cold calculus of getting...
The Imperfect Spies: The History Of Israeli Intelligence
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew institutions in the modern world carry as much myth, fear, and fascination as Israel's intelligence services — and The Imperfect Spies strips away...
De Gaulle: A Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in modern history command the sheer mythic weight of Charles de Gaulle — soldier, statesman, and...
South African Tragedy: The Life And Times Of Jan Hofmeyr
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA nation on the precipice of its darkest chapter forms the backdrop of South African Tragedy: The Life and Times of Jan Hofmeyr, Alan...
Barwick
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in Australian legal and political history provoke as much fascination — and controversy — as Sir Garfield Barwick, the brilliant...
Kolyma: The Arctic Death Camps
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the frozen wastes of northeastern Siberia, where temperatures plunge to lethal extremes, the Soviet state...
Political Violence In Ireland: Government And Resistance Since 1848
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and...
The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties
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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew moments in Australian political history were as turbulent or consequential as the great Labor split of the...
The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some minor water damage to edge of DJ. One of the most turbulent episodes in Australian...
In Time Of Trouble: An Autobiography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingA life lived at the epicentre of the twentieth century's most turbulent moments, In Time of Trouble is the autobiography of Claud...
The Australian Federal Labour Party: 1901-1951
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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew institutions have shaped the destiny of a nation as profoundly as the Australian Labor Party,...
The Alp: A Short History Of The Australian Labor Party
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBorn from the struggles of the shearers and miners of the 1890s, the Australian Labor Party stands as...
'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent summer of 1940, Winston Churchill issued a sweeping order that would upend the lives of...
Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in modern history have embodied both the promise and the peril of democratic transformation quite like Boris Yeltsin, and Boris Yeltsin: A Political...
A Great And Powerful Friend: A Study Of Australian American Relations Between 1900 And 1975
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor over seven decades, the relationship between Australia and the United States shaped the destiny of a nation...
American Broadcasting And The First Amendment
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of free speech and federal regulation lies one of the most consequential legal battles in...
Political Myth
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Previous owner.At the crossroads of politics, ideology, and storytelling stands a deceptively powerful force — the political myth...
War On The Waterfront: Menzies, Japan And The Pig-Iron Dispute
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent years leading up to World War II, a single confrontation on the Australian...
The Invisible Writing: Being The Second Volume Of Arrow In The Blue
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingA searing memoir from one of the twentieth century's most restless and searching intellectual minds, The Invisible Writing chronicles Arthur Koestler's turbulent years as...
The Air Net: The Case Against The World Aviation Cartel
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt a time when the skies were being carved up by powerful alliances of airlines and governments, K.G.J....
Scoundrel Time
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn one of the most searing and courageous memoirs of the twentieth century, Lillian Hellman recounts her defiant...
'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCollar the Lot! is a damning indictment of one of Britain's most shameful wartime secrets — the mass internment and forced deportation...
Alger Hiss: The True Story
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most sensational espionage cases of the twentieth century is laid bare in John Chabot Smith's...
The Needs Of Strangers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat do we owe to those we will never know? The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff confronts...
On Disobedience And Other Essays
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when conformity threatens to extinguish the human spirit, Erich Fromm — one of the twentieth...
The Female Eunuch
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most seismic texts of the twentieth century, The Female Eunuch detonated across the cultural landscape...
Secrecy: Political Censorship In Australia
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of democracy and deception,...
Sir Travers Humphreys: A Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind the powdered wig and the austere bench of the Old Bailey stood one of the most formidable...
Rose: A Biography Of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe was the matriarch of the most powerful political dynasty in American history — and Rose: A Biography of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy by Gail...
Menzies Observed
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew figures loom as large in Australian political history as Sir Robert Menzies, and Menzies Observed presents the man behind...
Sir Robert Menzies: 1894-1978 – A New, Informal Memoir
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in Australian political history cast as long a shadow as Sir Robert Menzies, and Sir Robert Menzies: 1894–1978 – A New,...
Memoirs: 1950-1963
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedAt the epicentre of the Cold War's most dangerous decade, George F. Kennan — the architect of America's containment policy — presents a first-hand...
Carpenter To Cabinet: Thirty-Seven Years Of Parliament
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the carpenter's bench to the corridors of power in Canberra, Carpenter to Cabinet:...
Memoirs: 1950-1963
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the height of the Cold War, few minds were as sharp, as conflicted, or as consequential as that...
Power Without Glory (SIGNED)
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most controversial novels in Australian literary history, Power Without Glory chronicles the rise of John West, a ruthless and...
The Movement
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of faith, nationalism, and political power, The Movement by Paul Ormonde presents a gripping account of one of Ireland's...
The Sky's The Limit: A Study Of British Air Power
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of an era defined by aerial warfare, J. M. Spaight — one of Britain's foremost authorities on...
Facing East: Essays On Germany, The Balkans, And Russia In The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of empire, ideology, and national identity, Facing East presents a masterful collection of essays by...
German-Soviet Relations Between The Two World Wars, 1919-1939
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the volatile interwar period, when Europe teetered between the wreckage of one catastrophic conflict and the gathering...
Government
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of oppression and exploitation, B. Traven's Government thrusts readers into the brutal realities of rural...
For The Good Of The Cause
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the suffocating grip of Soviet bureaucracy, a group of dedicated teachers and students...