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Review: Regulation Of Sexual Conduct In Un Peacekeeping Operations, Nichole Georgeou Nov 2014

Review: Regulation Of Sexual Conduct In Un Peacekeeping Operations, Nichole Georgeou

Nichole Georgeou

Review of the 2012 study by Olivera Simic, 'Regulation of Sexual Conduct in UN Peacekeeping Operations', Springer: Heidelberg. The reviewer critically examines this study and explains what sets it apart from previous studies of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in the context of international peacekeeping.


A Long Shadow, Rowan Cahill Nov 2014

A Long Shadow, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

An account of the author's grandfather's role in World War 1, its tragic peacetime aftermath, and the legacy of this during the 1960s.


Commons And Outlaws, Rowan Cahill Sep 2014

Commons And Outlaws, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

Review and discussion of Peter Linebaugh's 'Stop, Thief!' (PM Press, 2014), and Marcus Rediker's 'Outlaws of the Atlantic' (Beacon Press, 2014). The nature of 'radical history' is part of the discussion.


Confronting Anzackery, Rowan Cahill Sep 2014

Confronting Anzackery, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

Review of the historical novel 'Brothers. Part One: Gallipoli 1915' by John Tognolini, an account of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign based on the experiences of Tognolini's uncles. The reviewer reads and treats the novel as an anti-war text.


Home Front Ww2: Myths And Realties, Rowan Cahill Aug 2014

Home Front Ww2: Myths And Realties, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

This is a revised version of the author's 2014 Brisbane Labour History Association Alex McDonald lecture. In this paper the author takes apart the right-wing accounts, particularly by Hal Colebatch ('Australia's Secret War, 2013), that demonise the Australian trade union leadership and the Communist Party of Australia for 'treasonous' industrial disputation during World War II.