Dayan the Israeli A Small, Plucky and Tough Life Story
A detailed portrait of Moshe Dayan through his rise from kibbutz to defense minister and battlefield commander. The book traces his Hagana roots, British police service, and key campaigns including 1948 49 and 1956 as well as the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, highlighting his iron fist doctrine, complex relations with Arabs, and political role.
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Dayan
Israel
Degama
Hagana
Orde Wingate
IDF
Levi Eshkol
Yitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
Rabin
Australian English studies under fire in Meanjin debate
Bruce Bennett warned of scarce public discussion on educational aims in English studies. Lucy Frost in Meanjin argues Australian English teaching relies on evaluative textual criticism of high art works, ignores social context and student relevance, and is dominated by Oxbridge and London- trained staff. The piece notes growth in permanent English staff from 26 to 246 between 1947 and 1971 and cites 1973 data on degree origins.
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Bruce Bennett
Australia
London
Victor Serge
Victor Lvovich Kibalchich
Brussels
Europe
Alexander II
Cear
Povery
Siberia
Attack on teaching of English literature in Australian universities
The piece discusses shifts in university English departments as student intake widens across Australian society, noting poorer language skills and diverse backgrounds. It cites Lucy Frost criticizing lecturers for ahistorical, elitist aims, self-centred judgments, and slow interdisciplinary collaboration, urging English study to engage broader society and value Australian literature.
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Lucy Frost
Shift of Sands a Portrait of Roland Robinson in Autobiography
A review of The Shift of Sands by Roland Robinson. the autobiography ties his life to poetry and Aborigine studies. The author praises Robinson’s fierce integrity and ecological passion, notes uneven prose, and credits the work for revealing a strong, controversial literary figure.
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Roland Robinson
Roland Robinson Macmillan
Marion Halligan
Robinson
The Patient's Fight for Life Book Review
A personal autofictional critique of Hildegard Kne’s hospital memoirs. The reviewer notes graphic surgical details and fear of hospital smells, acknowledging vivid pain yet warning readers with sensitivity to medical depictions.
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Hildegard Kne
Conquered City and a One Woman Show in 1976 Reviews
A critical survey discusses Victor Serge’s Conquered City set in Leningrad during the Civil War, noting its documentary strength and harsh immediacy, while contrasting Hildegard Knef's 1976 memoir and stage tour The Verdict with its dramatic intensity, medical power plays, and patient vulnerability in hospital settings.
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Solzhenityn
Serge
Victor Serge
Europe
Leningrad
AVERAGE SHIP AND THE FICTION PROBLEM
A review notes author Mke Callison struggles with maritime detail in A Flock of Ships and The Dawn Attack while praising The Truxton Cipher by Henry Gruppe for gripping potential. The critic finds Callison’s prose clear but lacking vivid seafaring imagery and questions screen feasibility.
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Mke Callison
Arian Callison
Collins
Henry Gruppe
Coronet
Frank Cranston
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