{"product_id":"9780522854978","title":"BA Santamaria: Running the Show","description":"Author: Morgan, Patrick\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780522854978\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 532 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eB.A. (Bob) Santamaria was perhaps the most controversial figure in recent Australian politics. An anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was also one of the most prolific writers in Australia's history and a strong campaigner for social justice, and his impact on this country's social conscience was profound.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn the 1940s he founded the Movement in Australia, an anti-Communist organisation. He was known to earlier generations as a key figure in the tumultuous Split in the Australian Labour Party in the 1950s, and to later ones as a public commentator on his TV program Point of View and in his weekly column in the Australian.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFiercely independent, he maintained his traditionalist stance, combatting Communism in Asia and permissive and nihilistic trends in Western society, particularly in the field of bio-ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWriting was a key part of his political activity-on every matter of importance to him he turned out exhaustive analyses and rejoinders. Running the Show features some of the many unpublished documents Santamaria produced during his six decades of continuous public activity. It includes speeches, strategic papers, reports to his superiors, memos to politicians, positions papers, personal statements, aides-mémoire and political analyses.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThis book brings together a selection of documents written by B.A. Santamaria, and throws new light on a number of crucial episodes in his career. In the poet James McAuley's words, he 'set a match against the age's mind'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47901057450142,"sku":"ING-9780522854978","price":69.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780522854978.jpg?v=1782352847","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780522854978","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}