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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1964
Page
5
A report notes six volumes titled Grand Strategy explore individual campaigns and strategic approaches, detailing core concepts, historical context, and implications for modern policy. The series aims to illuminate decision making and long term objectives across theaters of operation.
The volume surveys June 1941 to August 1942 covering Britain's alliance with the United States and the Soviet Union, debates over Tobruk relief Singapore defense Rangoon Burma and the Australian divisions. It weighs the dispute between Auchinleck and Blamey and questions of arbitration within Allied command.
The book by H. M. Barker reframes the camel’s role in Western Australia’s outback, portraying intelligent, tractable animals integral to early settlement. Barker, a pioneer figure, details camel crews, Afghan drivers, and outback characters, while arguing the camel’s worth against the rise of motors and Depression-era changes.
The Zinkins critique imperial acquisition and disposal of India, exploring how Britain gained vast power with limited intent, the moral burden felt by Victorians, and the postwar ease of decolonisation. It argues India shaped British imperial identity more than vice versa, while noting continued Commonwealth links and limited economic gain.
The critique argues Maurice and Taya Zinkin’s account of empire’s end is too light on past injustices and overfond of modern nostalgia. It notes missed opportunities to illuminate how indigo, cottage industry and cultural contempt shaped Britain India relations.
A critical review of Miss Cusack’s Black Lightning finds the social novel emotionally charged but overly blunt. It praises her courage and sympathy for Aborigines while faulting the narrative for simplistic good versus evil and a heavy handed moral.
Olaf Ruhen guides hopeful writers with practical tips in Writing the Craft of Creative Fiction. Gerald Durrell's Menagerie Manor recounts turning Jer sey into a private zoo with a grand garden. Heinrich Harrer’s I Come from the Stone Age shares his Tibet and New Guinea adventures with a multinational trek to Carstensz Pyramid.
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