The Frightened County is what Alan Renouf, one of Australia’s most prominent public servants, called Australia in his 1979 book of the same title. Renouf’s…
Kym Robinson
Category: War, History and Foreign Policy
When Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed in 1989, it is claimed that he pleaded for Tom Selleck and Jack Ramsay, a character he played…
Fighting Age Male “Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in…
Christmas is a special period in many cultures, it’s one of festive spirits, family and giving. A time to give thanks and for those who…
Some Aussie Songs against the Wars! Music can be powerful, at times possessing the ability to conjure emotion through lyrics and sound, achieving in a…
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Sympathy for the Invader The latest adaption of “All Quiet on the Western Front” is on Netflix, a…
Just One Planet… “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our…
The Japanese empire was violent and brutal, the event known as ‘the Rape of Nanking’ is a water mark for such imperial savagery. It was…
War movies have been popular since the early days of motion picture, often as means of propaganda, to stir contemporary emotions, depicting brave warriors of…
At the height of the late cold war period, Andrew Cockburn wrote “The Threat”, a book that explored the bear cave of assumed Soviet military…