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And what was the tragedy like for the people of East Timor?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Birmingham has written a passionate narrative history of the East Timor question which never turns away from the slaughter and sorrow of the people who suffered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 2, \u003cem\u003eAppeasing Jakarta\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-mark-aarons\"\u003eMark Aarons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-frank-brennan\"\u003eFrank Brennan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-duncan-campbell\"\u003eDuncan Campbell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460765171847,"sku":"9781863953863-UBD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe2_0_e52a3a20-bd31-45e0-a28e-c85db343df9d.jpg?v=1625796483"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-04-paperback","title":"Rabbit Syndrome; QE4 by Don Watson","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRabbit Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e Don Watson takes an analytical look at the ways in which the Australian imagination has always been dominated by America. Why are they so much better than we are? Even when it comes to producing books like the Updike \"Rabbit\" sequence that tell us what we are like? Why are they also a land of executioners who have nevertheless created the least bad empire the world has seen? Can we really expect to be deputies to America? And what about our own sacred story (the progressive one) that we have sold for the sake of the Americanisation of our own society? If we can't have a friendly independent relationship with America, why don't we go the whole hog and join them?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a dark, brooding, moody essay, Don Watson plays on the paradoxes of Australia's feeling about America and offers a scathing view of an Australian culture that is asking to be engulfed by its great and powerful friend because the mental process is already so advanced. This is a brilliant meditation round a set of paradoxes that are central to our long-term anxieties and hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 4, \u003cem\u003eRabbit Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-tony-abbott-0\"\u003eTony Abbott\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-dennis-altman\"\u003eDennis Altman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-don-anderson\"\u003eDon Anderson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460765237383,"sku":"9781863951159-POD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe4_0_f8aa13da-e680-449e-acd2-b9bada2aceb6.jpg?v=1625796491"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-07-paperback","title":"Paradise Betrayed; QE7 by John Martinkus","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eParadise Betrayed\u003c\/em\u003e John Martinkus details what is being done to West Papua by its Indonesian overlords. He illustrates how those who seek independence are killed and tortured for their cause. There is now no one like the Papuan leader Theys Eluay, murdered in 2001 by the Indonesian military, and a campaign of death and terror has been launched on those who raise the Morning Star flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMartinkus shows how the wealth of the Freeport mine underpins a regimen of repression and he reports on the rise of Laskar Jihad, the imported Islamic extremists who spread fear in the name of Indonesian domination. In a powerful, groundbreaking piece of reportage, Martinkus shows how West Papua is another East Timor waiting to happen and how this is made possible by the indifference of everyone from the United Nations to the Australian government.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 7, \u003cem\u003eParadise Betrayed\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-chris-ballard\"\u003eChris Ballard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-bruce-grant-0\"\u003eBruce Grant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-james-griffin\"\u003eJames Griffin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460765466759,"sku":"9781863951630-POD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe7_0_342cdf61-4c0b-4df9-8d0e-8d7d01c8b603.jpg?v=1625796501"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-14-paperback","title":"Mission Impossible; QE14 by Paul McGeough","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul McGeough offers a dramatic account of why Iraq remains in chaos despite desperate American efforts to create a model democracy in the Middle East. According to McGeough, Iraq to this day remains a tribal society. It cannot be governed without the cooperation of the true powers in the land, the tribal and religious sheikhs. Those who have ruled Iraq in the past, including Saddam Hussein and the British before him, understood this fact. The Americans, by contrast, seem to have missed the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMission Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul McGeough enters the world of key Iraqi tribal and religious leaders. There are vivid portraits of the sheikhs' role in the fall and capture of Saddam, as well as their part in the growing insurgency. There are glimpses, too, of a history that once involved Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell, and which pre-dates Islam, stretching back thousands of years. Combining reportage and analysis in brilliant fashion, this groundbreaking essay is well timed to coincide with the next major phase in Iraq's troubled history.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 14, \u003cem\u003eMission Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-anthony-bubalo\"\u003eAnthony Bubalo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460765728903,"sku":"9781863951654-Office","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe14_0_7bc98e01-10e8-4bc2-ae4f-6d4ae1503e54.jpg?v=1625796531"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-39-paperback","title":"Power Shift; QE39 by Hugh White","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePower Shift\u003c\/em\u003e, Hugh White considers Australia's future between Beijing and Washington. As the power balance shifts, and China's influence grows, what might this mean for our nation?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout our history, we have counted first on British then on American primacy in Asia. Now the rise of China as an economic powerhouse challenges US dominance and raises questions for Australia that go well beyond diplomacy and trade – questions about our place in the world, our loyalties and our long-term security.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWill China replace the US as regional leader? If so, we will be dealing with an undemocratic and vastly more powerful nation. Will China wield its power differently from the US? If so, should we continue to support America and so divide Asia between our biggest ally and our biggest trading partner? How to define the national interest in the Asian century? This visionary essay considers the shape of the world to come and the implications for Australia as it seeks to carve out a place in the new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 39, \u003cem\u003ePower Shift\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-gareth-evans\"\u003eGareth Evans \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-bruce-grant\"\u003eBruce Grant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-wesley\"\u003eMichael Wesley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460766679175,"sku":"POD-9781863954884","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe39_0_357038f5-eef7-4edb-b6d4-4e3ddd3a1a97.jpg?v=1625796640"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-58-paperback","title":"Blood Year; QE58 by David Kilcullen","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"\n    margin-bottom: .5em;\"\u003eDavid Kilcullen \u003cspan style=\"color: #8c8c8c\"\u003eBlood Year\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLast year was a “blood year” in the Middle East – massacres and fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, the splintering of government in Iraq, and foreign fighters – many from Europe, Australia and Africa – flowing into Syria at a rate ten times that during the height of the Iraq War. What went wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlood Year\u003c\/em\u003e, David Kilcullen calls on twenty-five years’ experience to answer that question. This is a vivid, urgent account of the War on Terror by someone who helped shape its strategy, as well as witnessing its evolution on the ground. Kilcullen looks to strategy and history to make sense of the crisis. What are the roots and causes of the global jihad movement? What is ISIS? What threats does it pose to Australia? What does its rise say about the effectiveness of the War on Terror since 9\/11, and what does a coherent strategy look like after a disastrous year?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e of the 2015 Walkley Award for best long feature writing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 58, \u003cem\u003eBlood Year\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-hugh-white\"\u003eHugh White\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-jim-molan\"\u003eJim Molan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-waleed-aly\"\u003eWaleed Aly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUDIOBOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com.au\/pd\/Non-fiction\/Quarterly-Essay-58-Audiobook\/B010973RBM\/ref=a_search_c4_1_3_srTtl?qid=1436849735\u0026amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlood Year also available as an audiobook from Audible.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460767432839,"sku":"POD-9781863957328","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe58-blood-year_736471ff-29a1-483b-98cd-d163c88e4dfd.jpg?v=1625796720"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-62-paperback","title":"Firing Line; QE62 by James Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoing to war may be the gravest decision a nation and its leaders make. At the moment, Australia is at war with the Islamic State. We also live in a region that has become much more volatile, as China asserts itself and America seeks to hold the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to go to war? How do we decide to go to war? Where might we go to war in the future? Will we get that decision right? In this vivid, urgent essay, James Brown looks to history, strategy and his own experience to explore these questions. He examines the legacy of the Iraq War and argues that it has prevented a clear view of Australia’s future conflicts. He looks at how we plug into the US war machine, now that American troops are based in Darwin. And he sheds fascinating light on the extraordinary concentration of war powers in the hands of the Prime Minister – and how this might go wrong. This powerful essay argues that we have not yet begun to think through the choices that may confront us in years ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 62, \u003cem\u003eFiring Line\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-james-curran\"\u003eJames Curran\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-henry-reynolds\"\u003eHenry Reynolds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-peter-leahy\"\u003ePeter Leahy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460767563911,"sku":"9781863958417","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe62-firing-line_d6bf9a4d-07f6-4632-b640-e38eb7e56dc9.jpg?v=1625796737"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-68-paperback","title":"Without America; QE68 by Hugh White","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region. What does this mean for Australia’s future?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this controversial and urgent essay, Hugh White shows that the contest between America and China is classic power politics of the harshest kind. He argues that we are heading for an unprecedented future, one without an English-speaking great and powerful friend to keep us secure and protect our interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhite sketches what the new Asia will look like, and how China could use its power. He also examines what has happened to the United States globally, under both Barack Obama and Donald Trump – a series of setbacks which Trump’s bluster on North Korea cannot disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhite notes that we have got into the habit of seeing the world through Washington’s eyes, and argues that unless this changes, we will fail to navigate the biggest shift in Australia’s international circumstances since European settlement. The signs of failure are already clear, as we risk sliding straight from complacency to panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e“For almost a decade now, the world’s two most powerful countries have been competing. America has been trying to remain East Asia’s primary power, and China has been trying to replace it. How the contest will proceed – whether peacefully or violently, quickly or slowly – is still uncertain, but the most likely outcome is now becoming clear. America will lose, and China will win.” —Hugh White, \u003cem\u003eWithout America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 68, \u003cem\u003eWithout America\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-ely-ratner-0\"\u003eEly Ratner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-green-evan-s-medeiros\"\u003eMichael Green \u0026amp; Evan S. 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