Letters to Australia, Volume 3: Essays from 1950-1951

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Letters to Australia, Volume 3: Essays from 1950-1951
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mr Julius Stone
Edited by Jonathan Stone
Edited by Eleanor Sebel
Edited by Michael Stone
SeriesLetters to Australia
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:291
Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 176
ISBN/Barcode 9781743326084
ClassificationsDewey:340.115
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Sydney University Press
Imprint Sydney University Press
Publication Date 1 May 2019
Publication Country Australia

Description

Originally broadcast by the ABC between 1942 and 1972 and re-discovered in 2006, these conversational opinion pieces by jurist Julius Stone take the reader back to the mid-20th century, bringing to life the people, events and the sweep of affairs during World War II and its turbulent aftermath. More than anyone else at that time, Stone gave Australians a sense that they were part of the world and that they could - and - seek to influence world events. His broadcasts give a unique insight into Australia's changing sense of its place in the world during World War II and the postwar years, and of the hopes and fears of that era. Julius Stone returned from overseas in early 1950 and quickly resumed broadcasting. Through 1950 and 1951, the issues that attracted his analysis were disarmament, the growth of McCarthyism in the United States, the formal division of Germany, and the war in Korea. The intervention of China, indoctrination, brainwashing and human rights raised by prisoners of the war are covered in many essays.

Author Biography

Julius Stone (1907-1985) was Challis professor of jurisprudence and international law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972, then adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales, until his death.