The Last Intellectuals: Essays on Writers and Politics

THE COLD WAR BETWEEN WESTERN CIVILISATION AND COMMUNISM WAS MORE THAN A MATTER OF POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONFRONTATION. THERE WAS ALSO A GLOBAL CULTURAL WAR FOUGHT BY WRITERS AND EDITORS. PETER COLEMAN WAS A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THIS CULTURAL WAR IN AUSTRALIA.THIS SELECTION OF HIS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED ESSAYS RECORDS HIS CAREER IN JOURNALISM AND POLITICS AND HIS COUNSEL ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH OUR LIVES.