Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/02/2001
The split in the Labor Party in the mid 1950s was the culmination of an enormous struggle for the soul of the party, waged by fair means or foul. - Locked in bitter ideological dispute were, on the one hand, a small but energetic group of Communists and their sympathisers and, on the other, anti-Communist forces led by B.A. Santamaria. - Santamaria's role, and the activities of his semi-clandestine - organisation, the Movement, created enormous controversy within the Catholic Church. The split and its aftermath had a profound impact on the landscape of Australian politics up to the present day. - Drawing on previously unreleased documents, this is the first comprehensive account of the events leading up to the split. - Bruce Duncan interviewed many of the key players and has had access to archives not open to previous scholars working on this topic. - This is likely to be the definitive work on the Movement, just as Stuart Macintyre's book The Reds will be the standard reference on the Communist Party of Australia. - Illustrated with black & white photographs
- ISBN:
- 9780868407319
- 9780868407319
- Category:
- Australasian & Pacific history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-02-2001
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- UNSW Press
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 528
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x155x38mm
- Weight:
- 0.7kg
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