John BirminghamJohn Birmingham’s books include the cult memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney and the fiction series Weapons of Choice. He is the author of two Quarterly Essays, Appeasing Jakarta: Australia’s Comlicity in the East Timor Tragedy and A Time for War: Australia as a Military Power. He is a regular contributor to the Monthly. Read More Read Less