December 2007–January 2008, no. 297

Welcome to the December 2007–January 2008 issue of Australian Book Review.
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Full Contents
Books of the Year
Books of the Year 2007
International Studies
Undiplomatic Activities by Richard Wollcott, illustrations by David Rowe
by Joan Grant
Poetry
The Best Australian Poems 2007 edited by Peter Rose & The Best Australian Poetry 2007 edited by John Tranter
Politics
The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics edited by Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts
by Neal Blewett
Poetry
The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore: Volume 2, 1930–1962 edited by Jennifer Strauss
by Ann Vickery
Cultural Studies
Advance Australia … Where?: How we’ve changed, why we’ve changed, and what will happen next by Hugh Mackay
Military History
The Torch and the Sword: A history of the army cadet movement in Australia by Craig A.J. Stockings
History
The Darker Nations: A people's history of the third world by Vijay Prashad
Searching for Schindler: A memoir by Tom Keneally
by Chad Habel
Politics
Power Without Responsibility?: Ministerial staffers in Australian governments from Whitlam to Howard by Anne Tiernan
by John Uhr
Jamaica by Malcolm Knox
Indigo 1 edited by Donna Ward
History
Forgotten Wars: The end of Britain's Asian emprie by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper
Media
The Content Makers: Understanding the media in Australia by Margaret Simons
Cultural Studies
American Notebook: A personal and political journey by Michael Gawenda
by Peter Haig
Biography
The Master by Sean Fagan and Dally Messenger III & The Ballad of Les Darcy by Peter FiztSimons
Journal
Meanjin vol. 66, no. 2 edited by Ian Britain & Griffith Review 17 edited by Julianne Schultz
Science and Technology