Book reviewed in this article:LIBERALS FACE THE FUTURE. Edited by George Brandis, Tom Harley, Don MarkwellEQUALITY IN DIVERSITY: Fifty Years of the Commonwealth Grants CommissionTHE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY AND ITS LEADERS. By Denis MurphyAUSTRALIA INTHE KOREAN WAR, 1950–53. VOL. II. COMBAT OPERATIONS. By Robert O'NeillTHE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE HOME. Modernizing the Australian Family, 1880–1940. By Kerreen M. ReigerGROWING UP THE COUNTRY. By Phillip Toyne and Daniel VachonADVENTUROUS SPIRITS. Australian migrant society in precession Fiji. By John YoungIN THE LAND OF STRANGERS: A Century of European Contact with Tanna, 1774–1874. By Ron AdamsTHE END OF THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IN SIAM. By Benjamin ADANGEROUS WORDS: Language and Politics in the Pacific. Edited by Donald Lawrence Brenneis and Fred R. MyersSINGAPORE: STRUGGLE FOR SUCCESS. By John DrysdaleLEADERSHIP, LEGITIMACY, AND CONFLICT IN CHINA. From a Charismatic Mao to the Politics of Succession. By Frederick C. TeiwesCAMBODIA: 1975–1982. By Michael VickeryTHE PAPERS OF DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER: VOLUME VI: OCCUPATION 1945. Edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and Louis GalambosTHE PAPERS OF DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER: VOLUMES VII‐IX: THE CHIEF OF STAFF. Edited by Louis GalambosTHE PAPERS OF DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER: VOLUMES X‐XI: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Edited by Louis GalambosTHE ARMS RACE TO ARMAGEDDON: A CHALLENGE TO US/NATO STRATEGY. By GeneralsON DUTY: A CANADIAN AT THE MAKING OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 1945–1946. By Escott ReidTHE MAKING OF THE SHETLAND LANDSCAPE. By Susan A. KnoxCAPITALIST DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN. By Ralph MilibandTHE PEOPLE AND THE PARTY SYSTEM. The referendum and electoral reform in British Politics. By Vernon BogdanorSTATES OF MIND: A Study of Anglo‐Irish Conflict 1780–1980. By Oliver MacDonaghWHY IRELAND STARVED: A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800–1850. By Joel MokyrBEFORE MARX: SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM IN FRANCE, 1830–1848. Edited by Paul E. CorcoranPIERRE MENDES FRANCE. By Jean Lacouture DIE GESCHICHTEDER WLASSOW‐ARMEE. By Joachim HoffmannFACING TOTAL WAR: German Society 1914–1918. By Jiirgen KockaTHE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. By James JollTHE NAVY AND GERMAN POWER POLITICS 1862–1914. By Ivo N. LambiREVOLUTION AND WAR IN SPAIN 1931–1939. Edited by Paul PrestonLETTERS FROM SPAIN: LLOYD EDMONDS. Edited by Amirah InglisHISTORY OF CENTRAL AFRICA, 2 Vols. Edited by David Birmingham and Phyllis M. MartinWESTERN SAHARA. The Roots of a Desert War. By Tony HodgesTHE RED SEA. Edited by Abdel Majid FaridCONFLICT IN WORLD SOCIETY: A New Perspective on International Relations. Edited by Michael BanksWAR, STATE AND SOCIETY. Edited by Martin ShawCOALITION WARFARE: AN UNEASY ACCORD. Edited by Keith Neilson and Roy A. PretePUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN SOCIAL LIFE. Edited by S.I. Benn and G.F. GausTHE STATE AND POLITICAL THEORY. By Martin CarnoyPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND NIHILISM: A Study of Weber and Nietzsche. By Robert EdenCHIVALRY. By Maurice KeenMINING AND DEVELOPMENT. By Ciaran O'TairchaellaighTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATIONALISM. By Dudley SeersIDEAS INTO POLITICS: Aspects of European History 1880–1950. Edited by R.J. Bullen, H. Pogge von Strandmann and A.B. Polonsky