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International Tokyo, flickers of memory David Hayes 10 March 2015 The firebombing of March 1945 lives on the margins of public remembrance Essays & reportage An assault on the life of a people Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime Books & arts Revolutionary Sydney Andrew Dodd 3 February 2015 Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years National affairs Conservatives in crisis Norman Abjorensen 3 February 2015 Australia’s conservative parties have always struggled to balance their priorities with the need for broader electoral appeal, writes Norman Abjorensen.…

Books & arts How Hamer made it happen Judith Brett 27 October 2014 Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett Essays & reportage Whitlam in China Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission Essays & reportage Caught out: Edna and Jack Ryan and the 1951 referendum Lyndall Ryan 13 October 2014 Expelled from the Communist Party for not toeing the line, Lyndall Ryan's parents were faced with a dilemma when Robert Menzies’s government tried to ban the party Essays & reportage “Queue jumpers” and the perils of crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly ferry Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann

Books & arts Christopher Clark’s Sleepwalkers and the Germans. A misunderstanding? Andreas Wirsching 5 August 2014 An Australian historian’s reappraisal of the origins of the first world war has provoked enormous interest in Germany, writes Andreas Wirsching. But the debate… Essays & reportage “We must be careful to avoid seeking intelligence simply for its own sake” Alan Fewster 1 August 2014 Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes Alan Fewster Books & arts Remarkable acts of courage Sara Dowse 31 July 2014 Two books about the second world war show that humans are capable of lifting ourselves out of the mire Britain’s Great War: traps of memory David Hayes 17 July 2014 The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says David Hayes