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A review by scribepub
The Show: Another Side of Santamaria's Movement by Mark Aarons
Communists, spies, and priests — dramatic new stories and insights from the front line of the Cold War in Australia.
Lindsay Tanner, Author of Sideshow and Politics with Purpose
Fascinating … an intriguing complement, and counterpoint, to the most important works published about Santamaria’s role in Australian political history … Aarons's book deserves to be widely read.
Ross Fitzgerald, Weekend Australian
During the Cold War two tightly organised groups of ruthless idealists — one with their eyes on Moscow, the other with their eyes on Rome — fought each other in greatest secrecy for control of the Australian trade union movement and, ultimately, for control of the country. This scrupulously honest and scholarly history tells the inside story of one of the most significant struggles of Australia’s post-war history, on the basis of the intimate knowledge and understanding of two former political insiders on either side of the barricade who became closest friends after the dust of battle had settled.
Robert Manne, Author of The Petrov Affair
The Show is a major addition to the growing literature on Santamaria's anti-communist organisation and the labour movement in Australia.
Bruce Duncan, Author of Crusade or Conspiracy?
Not only a fascinating study of one of the most significant political struggles in our history, but also a window onto the times between the 1940s and 1990s.
Steven Carroll, The Saturday Age, Pick of the Week
Lindsay Tanner, Author of Sideshow and Politics with Purpose
Fascinating … an intriguing complement, and counterpoint, to the most important works published about Santamaria’s role in Australian political history … Aarons's book deserves to be widely read.
Ross Fitzgerald, Weekend Australian
During the Cold War two tightly organised groups of ruthless idealists — one with their eyes on Moscow, the other with their eyes on Rome — fought each other in greatest secrecy for control of the Australian trade union movement and, ultimately, for control of the country. This scrupulously honest and scholarly history tells the inside story of one of the most significant struggles of Australia’s post-war history, on the basis of the intimate knowledge and understanding of two former political insiders on either side of the barricade who became closest friends after the dust of battle had settled.
Robert Manne, Author of The Petrov Affair
The Show is a major addition to the growing literature on Santamaria's anti-communist organisation and the labour movement in Australia.
Bruce Duncan, Author of Crusade or Conspiracy?
Not only a fascinating study of one of the most significant political struggles in our history, but also a window onto the times between the 1940s and 1990s.
Steven Carroll, The Saturday Age, Pick of the Week