Category Archives: Political Books
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The People Are Revolting: America on the Eve of Destruction?
2November 7, 2016 by brettdgale
At the end of one of the more extraordinary election campaigns in political history stock is taken of the journey …
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Lincoln at Gettysburg
3November 20, 2013 by brettdgale
When one recalls that the phrase “detailed programmatic specificity” was uttered in a public speaking engagement or sees an Australian …
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What Bill and Albo can learn from Ed Miliband
2September 15, 2013 by brettdgale
The British Labour Party is set to win the next UK election whenever it occurs. Consistently ahead in public opinion …
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Tramp Down the Dirt
1May 24, 2013 by brettdgale
A political song can be a dangerous thing for a songwriter to undertake. Get it right and you have the …
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The Hawke Legacy: 30 years on
Leave a commentMarch 5, 2013 by brettdgale
It’s a sad truth that by and large Australians have been ill served by their democratically elected leaders over the …
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The Greatest American – An Australian Political Hero?
1February 10, 2013 by brettdgale
Steven Spielberg’s bio-pic of the 16th President finally opened in Australia this week. Dealing as it does with Lincoln’s political …
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Advance Australia Where?
Leave a commentJanuary 27, 2013 by brettdgale
It wasn’t that long ago that Australia Day was little more than a long weekend postscript, a surrogate for the …
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“I am not a crook” 100 years of Richard M Nixon
1January 13, 2013 by brettdgale
Last Wednesday marked the 100th birthday of one of the most reviled, yet by certain elements, revered of US Presidents – …
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