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May 5 2008

Hugh White “The New Defence White Policy: Why we need it and what it needs to do”, Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy, April 2008 (www.lowyinstitute.org)

April 28 2008:

Cullen Murphy “The New Rome: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America”, Melbourne: Scribe, 2007

April 14 2008:

Nicholson Baker “Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization”, Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2008

April 7 2008:

Gregory Copley, Andrew Pickford, Barry Patterson “Australia 2050: An Examination of Australia’s Condition, Outlook and Options for the First Half of the 21st Century”, Perth: Future Directions International, 2007

Monday March 17 2008

Sharon Ghamiri-Tabrizi “The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science of Thermo-Nuclear War”, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005

Monday March 24 2008:

Brian Lavery “Churchill Goes to War: Winston’s Wartime Journeys”, London: Conway: 2007

Monday March 10 2008:

“Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and International Security”, Geneva; United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Disarmament Forum, #3, 2007

March 3 2008:

Benazir Bhutto “Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West”, Sydney, Simon & Schuster, 2008

February 25 2008:

Bob Garratt “The Fish Rots from the Head: The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director”, London: Profile, 2003

February 18 2008:

Ian Hackett “Succeeding Generations: 18th Century America and the 21st Century World”, London: Campaign for Earth Federation, 2006 (www.worldfed.org)

January 28 2008:

David Sandalow “Freedom from Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States’ Oil Addiction”, Sydney: McGraw Hill, 2008

January 21 2008:

Chris Abbott, Paul Rogers and John Sloboda “Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to our World” London: Rider, 2007

January 14 2008 [Podcast]:

Martin Meredith “Diamonds, Gold and War: The Making of South Africa”, Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2007

January 7 2008 [Podcast]:

Herbert Girardet (editor) “Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Change Chaos and Other Global Challenges”, London: Earthscan, 2007

December 10 2007:

Clive Hamilton “Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change”, Melbourne: Black Inc, 2007

November 31 2007:

Maire Leadbeater “Negligent Neighbour: New Zealand’s Complicity in the Invasion and Occupation of Timor-Leste”, Nelson, New Zealand: Potton Books, 2006

October 8 2007:

Chalmers Johnson “Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic”, Melbourne: Scribe, 2007.

September 3 2007:

Michael Paterson “Voices of the Code Breakers: Personal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II”, London: David and Charles, 2007 (wholesale enquiries: sales@capricornlink.com.au)

August 27 2007:

William Foster-Harris “The Look of the Old West”, New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007 (available in Australia through Capricorn Link)

August 20 2007:

Peter Tertzakian “A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World”, Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2006

August 6 2007:

Tim Harcourt “Beyond Our Shores: Essays on Australia and the Global Economy”, Sydney; Austrade, 2007

July 23 2007:

Angus Konstam “Scourge of the Seas: Buccaneers, Pirates and Privateers”, England: Osprey, 2007 (available in Australia via Capricorn Link, Windsor, NSW).

July 2 2007:

Keith Suter “Local Notebook”, Sydney: Random House, 2007.

June 25 2007

Michael Perelman “The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and the Environment”, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

May 28 2007:

John Perkins "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Inside Story of how America Really took over the World", Sydney: Random House, 2005

May 7 2007

Charles Leadbeater and Paul Miller "The Pro-Am Revolution: How Enthusiasts are Changing our Economy and Society", London: Demos, 2004.

April 30 2007

Alan Axelrod "Profiles in Audacity: How History's Greatest Leaders Made Their Greatest Decisions", New York: Sterling, 2006 (available through Capricorn Link, 02 4577 5288)

April 23 2007

Brian Cooper "The Defence Theory of Relativity", Burleigh, QLD: Zeus Publications, 2007.

April 16 2007

David Lange "My Life", London: Viking, 2005

April 9 2007

Michael Paterson "Winston Churchill: Personal Accounts of the Great Leader at War 1895-1945", London: David & Charles, 2006.

April 2 2007

Free daily e-mail news service available from: Father Claude Mostowik msc, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre: mscjust@smartchat.net.au

March 26 2007

Ross Honeywill and Verity Byth "NEO Power: How the New Economic Order is Changing the Way We Live, Work and Play", Melbourne: Scribe, 2006

February 26 2007

Mark Dodgson and Peter Innes "Australian Innovation in Manufacturing", Sydney: Australian Business Foundation, 2006 (www.abfoundation.com.au)

February 19 2007

Flavio Fiorani "A New Illustrated History of the Nazis", London: David and Charles (information on availability in Australia from: Elaine Searles, Capricorn Link 02 4577 3555, publicity@capricornlink.com.au)

February 12 2007

John W Dean "Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W Bush", Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2004

February 5 2007

Stephen Boyden "The Biology of Civilization: Understanding Human Culture as a Force in Nature", Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2004.

January 29 2007

John Edwards "The Quiet Boom: How the Long Economic Upswing is Changing Australia and its Place in the World", Sydney: Lowy Institute, 2006 (www.lowyinstitute.org)

January 22 2007

Colleen Driscoll "Outer Space for the Benefit of All Humanity", Washington DC: Centre for UN Reform Education, 2004 (kurtzinstitute@sbcglobal.net)

January 15 2007

Lachlan Strahan "Day of Reckoning", Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2005.

January 8 2007

Brian Cull "Wings Over Suez", London: Grub Street, 2006 (available in Australia from Capricorn Link: 02 4577 3555).

December 18 2006

Terry Crowdy "The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage", Oxford: Osprey, 2006 (available from Capricorn Link, Elaine Searles 02 4577 3555; publicity@capricornlink.com.au)

November 27 2006

Mark Thirlwell and Malcolm Cook "Geeing Up the G-20", Sydney: Lowy Institute, April 2006 (www.lowyinstitute.org)

November 20 2006:

Bob Woodward "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III", Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2006

November 13 2006:

Colin Mason "A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 Spike", London: Earthscan, 2006

November 6 2006

Brij Lal (Editor) "Bittersweet: The Indo-Fijian Experience", Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2004.

October 23 2006

Arnold Kohen "A Second Rebirth for East Timor?", Foreign Policy in Focus (August 15 2006), www.fpif.org

October 16 2006

Bruce Cumings "Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History", New York: Norton, 2005

October 9 2006

Vali Nasr "The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam will Shape the Future", New York: Wiley: 2006.

September 25 2006

no book was discussed (just Osama bin Laden!)

September 18 2006

"Source: Australia's Guide to Innovation in Outsourcing", Artarmon: ENTCOM Communications (Ashley Russell, 9418 7100)

August 28 2006

Madeline Albright "The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on Power, God and World Affairs", London: Macmillan, 2006.

August 21 2006

Gordon Corera

Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity and the Rise and Fall of the AQ Khan Network

Melbourne; Scribe: 2006.

August 14 2006

Lester Brown "Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble", New York: Norton, 2006.

August 7 2006

Dan Briody "The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money", Sydney: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

July 24 2006

International Relations Center "Rise and Demise of the New American Century", June 2006; www.irc-online.org

May 22 2006

"Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Programme" adelaidethinkers@saugov.sa.gov.au; www.thinkers.sa.gov.au

May 15 2005

George Megalogenis "The Longest Decade", Melbourne: Scribe, 2006

May 1 2006

M.V. Naidu "War, Peace, Security", Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: MITA Press, 1996

May 8 2006

Greg King and Penny Wilson "The Fate of the Romanovs", Sydney: Wiley, 2006

April 10 2006

Dennis Rumley, Vivian Louis Forbes and Christopher Griffin (Editors) "Australia's Arc of Instability: The Political and Cultural Dynamics of Regional Security"

The Netherlands: Springer, 2006

April 3 2006

Harold Bidmead "Tilting at Windbags: The Autobiography of a World Federalist", Devon, England: Edward Gaskell, 2005.

March 27 2006

Chester Porter "Walking on Water: A Life in the Law" and "The Gentle Art of Persuasion" (both published by Random House).

March 13 2006

The Stanley Foundation, Iowa, October 2005: "The United States, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Necessary Steps Towards a New Gulf Security Order" www.stanleyfoundation.org

March 6 2006

Eric Hobsbawm "Interesting Times: A Life in the 20th Century", London: Abacus, 2003.

February 27 2006

Richard Clarke "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror", Sydney: Free Press, 2004.

February 20 2006

Michael Field, Tupeni Baba, Unaisi Nabobo-Baba "Speight of Violence: Inside Fiji's 2000 coup", Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2005.

February 13 2006

Bob Edwards "Edward R Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism", Sydney: Wiley, 2004.

January 30 2006

Stewart Ross "Teach Yourself…The Middle East", London: Hodder Arnold, 2004.

January 23 2005

Scilla Elworthy and Gabrielle Rifkind "Hearts and Minds: Human Security Approaches to Political Violence", London: Demos, 2005.

January 16 2006

James Moore and Wayne Slater "Rove Exposed: How Bush's Brain Fooled America", Sydney: Wiley, 2006

January 9 2006

William Bonner and Addison Wiggin "Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis", Sydney: Wiley, 2006.

Keith Suter Consultant for Social Policy
"Keith Suter Talks Politics" is an hour-long segment in The Brian Wilshire Show on Radio 2GB (AM 873) from 9 to 10 pm every Monday night.