Barbara Winter
A powerful and insightful historical expose of ultra right politics in Australian during the Second World War this book exposes the people behind the Sydney s Publicist newspaper This thought provoking work deconstructs the inner workings of a political group and considers how the ideologies of a collective of quasi intellectuals transformed from a nationalistic anti British movement simply advocating an Australian society free of Imperial rule to eventually descend into a right wing anti Semitic assembly of Nazi and Japanese sympathizers This book considers the roots of right wing political organisations that still prosper in our country and how one such organisation led both the intelligent and the unstable astray Far from presenting a dry academic work the author succeeds in humanising the people involved with all their faults and foibles and shows what a immense impact the White Australia Policy had and still has in shaping the beliefs of everyday Australians This book is suitable for university level study and as a reference for extension work by Secondary students It will also be of great interest to general readers who are fascinated with history and politics Dreaming of a National Socialist Australia.
| Dreaming of a National Socialist Australia By Barbara Winter |
| 187681991X |
| 9781876819910 |
| English |
| 304 |
| Paperback |
A powerful and insightful historical expose of ultra right politics in Australian during the Second World War this book exposes the people behind the Sydney s Publicist newspaper This thought provoking work deconstructs the inner workings of a political group and considers how the ideologies of a collective of quasi intellectuals transformed from a nationalistic anti British movement simply advocating an Australian society free of Imperial rule to eventually descend into a right wing anti Semitic assembly of Nazi and Japanese sympathizers This book considers the roots of right wing political organisations that still prosper in our country and how one such organisation led both the intelligent and the unstable astray Far from presenting a dry academic work the author succeeds in humanising the people involved with all their faults and foibles and shows what a immense impact the White Australia Policy had and still has in shaping the beliefs of everyday Australians This book is suitable for university level study and as a reference for extension work by Secondary students It will also be of great interest to general readers who are fascinated with history and politics Dreaming of a National Socialist Australia.