Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THE ETHNIC ORIGINS OF NATIONS. By Anthony D. Smith. RITES OF POWER Symbolism, Ritual, and Polities since the Middle Ages. Ed. by Sean Wilentz. THE LANGUAGES OF POLITICAL THEORY IN EARLY-MODERN EUROPE. Ed. by Anthony Pagden. POLITICAL DISCOURSE: EXPLORATIONS IN INDIAN AND WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT. Ed. by Bhikhu Parekh and Thomas Pantham. REVOLUTION IN HISTORY. Edited by Roy Porter and Mikulas Teich. DIVISIONS OF LABOUR. By R.E. Pahl. WOMEN AND PEACE THROUGH THE POLLS. By Carol Bacchi. AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. By David Campbell. WHY OPPOSE RACISM? By Jan Pettman. WORKING PAPERS, PEACE RESEARCH CENTRE, RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC STUDIES, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. POLITICS OF THE HIGH COURT. A Study of the Judicial Branch of Government in Australia. By Brian Galligan. HOSPITALS AND POLITICS. The Australian Hospital Association 1946–86. By Mary Dickenron and Catherine Mason. HIGH HOPES: THE MFN AND MOTIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ROUND TABLE. By Leonie Foster. FINDING AUSTRALIA: THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA TO 1821. By Russel Ward. Richmond, Vic., Heinemann. THE LIMITS OF HOPE. Soldier Settlement in Victoria 1915–1938. By Marilyn Lake. TOUGH TIMES: AUSTRALIA IN THE SEVENTIES. By Frank Crowley, Richmond, Vic., William Heinemann. FRONTIER ABORIGINES, SETTLERS AND LAND. By Henry Reynolds. DEAR GRACE: A ROMANCE OF HISTORY. By Margaret Gillett. SERGEANT LAWRENCE GOES TO FRANCE. Ed. by Peter Yule. THE TREASURY LINE. By Greg Whitwell. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM: THE PEOPLE'S LAW. By Geoffrey de Q. Walker. TASMAN RELATIONS: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, 1788–1988. Ed. by Keith Sinclair. FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S EIGHT POINT PLAN AND NATIONAL GOALS AFTER A DECADE. Edited by Peter King, Wendy Lee and Vincent Warakai. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PACIFIC BASIN. By Willy Kraus and Wilfred Lutkenhorst. SUKARNO, A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY. By J.D. Legge,. INDONESIA: THE RISE OF CAPITAL. By Richard Robison. THE ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN WAR. By Peter Lowe. COOPERATION IN DEVELOPMENT: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR INDIA AND ASEAN. By K.P. Saksena. THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR RECONSIDERED: The A.J.P. Taylor. THE WRITING ON THE WALL: The British Commonwealth and Aggression in the East, 1931–1935. By E.M. Andrews. THE CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE OF EUROPE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW STRATEGIES. Edited by Andrew J. Pierre. SIBERIA AND THE SOVIET FAR EAST: Strategic Dimensions in Multinational Perspective. Edited by Rodger Swearingen. THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY. Third Edition. By Ronald J. Hill and Peter Frank.