Inside Story

Essays & reportage How American servicemen found Ernestine Hill in their kitbags Anna Johnston 27 June 2014 Blending journalism, romance and travelogue, The Great Australian Loneliness crossed a different set of borders during the second world war Books & arts The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions Mark Baker 3 June 2014 Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker National affairs The ABC of patriotism Geoff Heriot 8 May 2014 Alleged “Anti-military Bohemian Collective” member Geoff Heriot argues that the cause of true patriotism requires more than cheerleaders and symbolism International The long shadow of Bravo Nic Maclellan 25 February 2014 Six decades after the United States conducted its most powerful nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, governments are once again debating the humanitarian impact of nuclear…

London’s road from Damascus David Hayes 3 September 2013 Syria’s war is opening new dividing lines in British politics, says David Hayes. Once the consequences play out, Ed Miliband might have lost more than has David Cameron Essays & reportage Casey, the dirt boys and the grey material Alan Fewster 2 September 2013 A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft diplomacy” program Books & arts The war that isn’t going to happen Emily Crawford 25 August 2013 “Cyber war” has more in common with the war on obesity than the second world war, says Thomas Rid. Emily Crawford reviews his new book Essays & reportage Forgotten war Henry Reynolds 25 July 2013 The looming centenary of the landing at Gallipoli is a reminder of unfinished business between settler and Indigenous Australia after a decade of incomplete reconciliation