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Book Notes The Australian Journal of Politics and History see some of the articles in that work expanded to cover more than just the election campaign. The idea of including primary as well as secondary material is excellent but one sometimes wonders at the criteria used in selection. All too often a colourful phrase in a newspaper article seems to have caught an editorial eye and been preserved, if not for posterity, at least until superseded in the next edition. Would students really be frightened off by the prospect of a little exegesis of some more ‘solid’ documents, say party platforms or policy speeches? AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY: Towards a Reassessment. Edited by Claire Clarke. Melbourne, Cassell Aust., 1973. Pp. xi + 274. $3.75 (Paper). This book, launched with fulsome praise by the Prime Minister, is an illustration not only of the familiar problem of being outdated by the speed of events but also of the difficulties caused when the precise purpose of a book is not clearly thought out. It could have been an assessment of the stage Australian foreign policy had reached by late 1972: it could have been a discussion of the issues and politics of foreign policy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Australian Journal of Politics and History , Volume 20 (1) – Apr 1, 1974
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Wiley
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Copyright © 1974 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0004-9522
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1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.1974.tb01107.x
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The Australian Journal of Politics and History see some of the articles in that work expanded to cover more than just the election campaign. The idea of including primary as well as secondary material is excellent but one sometimes wonders at the criteria used in selection. All too often a colourful phrase in a newspaper article seems to have caught an editorial eye and been preserved, if not for posterity, at least until superseded in the next edition. Would students really be frightened off by the prospect of a little exegesis of some more ‘solid’ documents, say party platforms or policy speeches? AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY: Towards a Reassessment. Edited by Claire Clarke. Melbourne, Cassell Aust., 1973. Pp. xi + 274. $3.75 (Paper). This book, launched with fulsome praise by the Prime Minister, is an illustration not only of the familiar problem of being outdated by the speed of events but also of the difficulties caused when the precise purpose of a book is not clearly thought out. It could have been an assessment of the stage Australian foreign policy had reached by late 1972: it could have been a discussion of the issues and politics of foreign policy

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Published: Apr 1, 1974

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