Looking back

Richard Broinowski

Dancing with Warriors
by Philip Flood
Australian Scholarly Publishing, $39.95 hb, 383 pp, 9781921875205

A current view among foreign policy academics is that the pursuit of Australia’s foreign interests is too important to be left to the diplomats. Here is a timely antidote from Philip Flood, an Australian diplomat who distinguished himself as a maker and shaper of foreign policy, particularly in South-East Asia.