Reminiscent of a sabre-toothed, unexpurgated Dickens

A moving account of the abuse of human rights in Australia, all the more valuable because it is written by an Australian writer

Pilger is a first-rate dissident journalist... Presents a harsh narrative of class, race and power; of the oppression and resistance, the betrayal and amnesia, that lie behind the sunny illustions of the Australian self-image

This is a patriotic book in the best sense, written in the belief that Australia deserves not old bromides and stereotypes, but the respect of critical appraisal... A necessary book for those of us who believe in the redeeming power of truth

Pilger's Australia is so different from the image conveyed abroad by films and TV soap operas, so different indeed from the way many Australians see themselves, as to be another country...but none of it alters one starkly apparent fact - he still loves the place.

This is not so much a book as a rock thrown through the window of the West. It is the Communist Manifesto of the anticolonial revolution, and as such it is highly important for any Western reader who wants to understand the emotional force behind that revolution

The most comprehensive look at the work of these intrepid sailors . . . A celebration of their ingenuity and valor

Reads like an adventure novel, but it's all to real

The veterans of the 'Silent Service' are silent no more