{"product_id":"robert-manne-a-political-memoir-intellectual-combat-in-the-cold-war-and-the-culture-wars-9781760645625","title":"Robert Manne: A Political Memoir: Intellectual Combat in the Cold War and the Culture Wars","description":"The recollections of Australia's leading public intellectual\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Manne is one of Australia's most profound political analysts. His memoir traces his intellectual roots, revealing how his family background and early years informed the questions he would spend his life trying to answer. It also provides a fascinating portrait of key political controversies, including intellectual combat over Pol Pot, Wilfred Burchett, Quadrant, the Stolen Generations, Manning Clark, the Howard government, the Murdoch press and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Cold War and the culture wars, Manne clashed with some of the most influential thinkers, writers and polemicists - Noam Chomsky, Les Murray, Leonie Kramer, Tom Keneally, Isi Leibler, Helen \"Demidenko\" Darville, Peter Craven, Paddy McGuinness, Keith Windschuttle and Andrew Bolt. This memoir recounts with surprising and unknown detail what really happened and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften subverting conventional notions of left and right, Manne is an original thinker who has helped shape the nation's discourse for decades. This is the inside story of a life of engagement and reflection, and a book for anyone interested in the shape and meaning of the past nearly fifty years of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10715719\"\u003eRobert Manne\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e La Trobe University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.02w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760645625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760645621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"La Trobe University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827583352971,"sku":"9781760645625","price":53.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_8730793a-1b79-41ec-9e9a-37ee7b73d311.jpg?v=1755539335","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/robert-manne-a-political-memoir-intellectual-combat-in-the-cold-war-and-the-culture-wars-9781760645625","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}