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GEOFFREY ROBERTSON The Trial of Vladimir Putin. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

GEOFFREY ROBERTSON The Trial of Vladimir Putin. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 13 Jun 2024 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Geoffrey Robertson argues that the United Nations needs to establish a new court in order to bring Vladimir Putin to justice.  Geoffrey Robertson is an internationally renowned lawyer specialising in human rights, and is a champion of the role of the courts in...
CHRIS MASTERS Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

CHRIS MASTERS Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 21 Sep 2023 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

In this account of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case, Chris Masters also examines the mental health challenges faced by veterans. Let us begin with the proposition that war is madness, and explore it through the lens of a particular soldier named Ben Roberts-Smith....
CATHERINE CHIDGEY Remote Sympathy. Reviewed by Paul Anderson

CATHERINE CHIDGEY Remote Sympathy. Reviewed by Paul Anderson

by NRB | 19 Apr 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

Catherine Chidgey’s latest novel has been shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award and longlisted for the Women’s Prize. Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated by US Forces on 11 April 1945. In the days immediately following, the Americans...
MARK WILLACY Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders’ account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

MARK WILLACY Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders’ account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 7 Oct 2021 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

In Rogue Forces journalist Mark Willacy documents the disturbing truth about war crimes committed by Australia’s SAS forces in Afghanistan. Lord Acton is the one who said ‘power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ He added, ‘Great men are...

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