Issue 2015 April 25
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS U.S. state attacked over religious liberty law
Why the outcry in the U.S. over Indiana’s new religious liberty law? Ryan T. Anderson After all, it is based on the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993),which was signed into law by then President Bill Clinton after it passed in the federal Senate by 97 votes and by unanimous voice vote in the House of Representatives. Nineteen other US states have similar…
BOOK REVIEW War and conscience
MORAL COMBAT: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh (New York, Harper Collins) Paperback: 576 pages ISBN: 9780007195770 Price: AUD$38.99 Reviewed by Angelique Barr Michael Burleigh’s wide-ranging book examines the moral sentiments of the societies and leadership of the warring parties of World War II. He attempts to explain how social attitudes, belief structures and ideologies paved the road…
BOOK REVIEW Anzacs’ bloodiest day
THE LOST LEGIONS OF FROMELLES: The True Story of the Most Dramatic Battle in Australia’s History by Peter Barton (Sydney: Allen and Unwin) Paperback: 403 pages ISBN: 9781742377117 Price: AUD$32.95 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel As Australia celebrates the centenary of World War I, Gallipoli remains the iconic battle, symbolic of heroism and needless death. However, the bloodiest battles in which…

