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David Stephens reviews John Edwards’ two volume biography of John Curtin, John Curtin’s War
John Shield writes about Martin Boyd’s ‘caught between two worlds’ novel, The Cardboard Crown
Peter Stanley on Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s My Name is Revenge, a novella inspired by the Armenian Genocide (picture)
Jo Hawkins’ Consuming Anzac is reviewed by Michael Piggott
The books Honest History reviewed in 2018
David Stephens offers an appreciation of Paul Daley’s book, On Patriotism
Melanie Clark on Indigenous Australians and Australian war memory
Norman Abjorensen reviews Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections that Shaped Australia, edited by Jones, Bongiorno and Uhr
Looking back …
Centenary Watch
Australia is more than Anzac – and always has been