OPINION How to convert citizens into subjects and victims
When some years ago a voter told then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown there was too much immigration into Britain, Brown was heard to mutter “Bigot!” as he retreated to the cocoon of his car. Citizens’ long-standing annoyance at the deafness of officials to the public mood is now showing up at the ballot box,…
LETTERS
“Terrorism” not the right word In his review of the book, The protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975 by John Blaxland (News Weekly, October 22, 2016), Chris Rule refers to “the threat of extreme right-wing, particularly Croatian, terrorist activities in Australia”. There have not been any “Croatian terrorist activities in Australia”. John Blaxland, in his book refers to “Croatian extremism”, not terrorism. To highlight this point I refer you to page 148 of the book, where the author quotes the words of then Attorney-General of Australia Ivor Greenwood: “Croatians were not anti-Australian and no evidence had been brought…
BOOK REVIEW An empire’s collapse
THE OTTOMAN ENDGAME: War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908–1923 by Sean McMeekin Allen Lane, 2015 Hardcover: 576 pages ISBN: 9781594205323Price: AUD$45.00 Reviewed by Anthony Staunton The Treaty of Versailles, signed by Germany and the Allies on June 28, 1919, was the first of a series of treaties the ended World War I. It was followed by the Treaty of Saint-Germain between Austria and the Allies on September 10, 1919, and the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary and the Allies on June 4, 1920. The Treaty of Sèvres, signed on August 10, 1920, marked…