Scrap Iron Flotilla
BOOK REVIEW BY KEVIN RICKARD On Sunday September 3rd 1939, history was tumbling over itself. On board HMAS Stuart in the mess decks and the wardroom the radios were tuned […]
Category: Books
Battle for the Bridges
This is Sir Anthony Beevor’s latest contribution to a series of monographs which detail some of the major military conflicts of The Second World War. ARNHEM is an absorbing realistic […]
THE SPY WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
By Mike Rossiter Reviewed by Kevin Rickard It was just before dawn in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945 when a bright flash filled the pre-dawn with a […]
The Coast Watchers
The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved the Pacific Book review by Jerry Lattin Lindsay, Patrick: The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved […]
HMAS ARMIDALE – A Survivor’s Account
Armidale ‘42: A survivor’s account Book review by Jerry Lattin Col Madigan, Jan Senbergs, Don Watson. Armidale ‘42: A survivor’s account. Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra. 1999. 69 pp; […]
The Path of Infinite Sorrow
BOOK REVIEW: The path of infinite sorrow: The Japanese on the Kokoda Track by Fred Lane Collie C. and H. Marutani. The path of infinite sorrow: The Japanese […]
HMAS SYDNEY – Australia’s Greatest Naval Tragedy
Book review by Kevin Rickard Frame,T. HMAS Sydney, Australia’s greatest naval tragedy. Hachette Australia: Sydney. 2008. pp. 412 rrp.$34.99. In the afternoon of 19 November 1941, two large ships sighted […]
Descent into chaos
Descent into chaos book review by Kevin Rickard Rashid, A. Descent into chaos. Allen Lane, Penguin Books, 2008. pp 477, RRP $65. More than a century ago the contest between […]
Iraq War
Running the war in Iraq book review by Kevin Rickard Molan, J. Running the war in Iraq.Harper Collins Publishers: Pymble. 2008. pp.358, $32.99. (Seen at $3.99 on some remainder […]
A man of intelligence
A man of intelligence book review by Kevin A. Rickard Pfennigwerth, I. A man of intelligence: The life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian codebreaker extraordinary. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd: Dural. […]