{"product_id":"ba-santamaria-patrick-morgan-9780522854978","title":"B.A. Santamaria: Running the Show: Selected Documents 1939-1996","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRunning the Show reveals new material on matters which are still the subject of controversy today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB.A. (Bob) Santamaria was perhaps the most controversial figure in recent Australian politics. An anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was also one of the most prolific writers in Australia's history and a strong campaigner for social justice, and his impact on this country's social conscience was profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s he founded the Movement in Australia, an anti-Communist organisation. He was known to earlier generations as a key figure in the tumultuous Split in the Australian Labour Party in the 1950s, and to later ones as a public commentator on his TV program Point of View and in his weekly column in the Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiercely independent, he maintained his traditionalist stance, combatting Communism in Asia and permissive and nihilistic trends in Western society, particularly in the field of bio-ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting was a key part of his political activity-on every matter of importance to him he turned out exhaustive analyses and rejoinders. Running the Show features some of the many unpublished documents Santamaria produced during his six decades of continuous public activity. It includes speeches, strategic papers, reports to his superiors, memos to politicians, positions papers, personal statements, aides-mémoire and political analyses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together a selection of documents written by B.A. Santamaria, and throws new light on a number of crucial episodes in his career. In the poet James McAuley's words, he 'set a match against the age's mind'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0522854974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522854978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Patrick Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448830669055,"sku":"9780522854978","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43fa683f-d853-4731-bda0-e86554aa4b5b.jpg?v=1777260786","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ba-santamaria-patrick-morgan-9780522854978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}