B.A. Santamaria was one of the most controversial Australians of our time. An ardent anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was fiercely intelligent and a natural leader, polarising the community into loyal followers and committed opponents. In the 1940s Santamaria created the anti-Communist organisation ‘The Movement’. In the 1950s he was a key figure in the tumultuous split of the Australian Labor Party. He subsequently enjoyed great influence as a public commentator on his television program ‘Point of view’ and in his weekly column in ‘The Australian’. Santamaria had a strong social conscience and spent much of his time helping the underprivileged. Although he began as an advocate and champion of the Catholic Church, he spent much of his last decades opposing some of its activities. Published for the 100th anniversary of Santamaria’s birth, this book is an authoritative biography from Gerald Henderson, a close colleague until a disagreement saw the two men estranged and never reconciled.

CONTENTS
‘Viva Cristo Rey!’ p1.
Peasant at the creation p17.
Santa’s Spanish steps p47.
A Catholic worker – and his ‘arch’ bishop p78.
Catholic Action – the early years p103.
The Movement’s (secret) birth: 1937-45 p128.
Relatively quiet on the home front: 1939-45 p144.
The rise and fall of Catholic Action p161.
Santamaria, quasi bishop 1945-53 p185.
All the way to the Vatican: 1954-58 p210.
Santamaria and Labor p237.
Santamaria and the Liberals p280.
For God – and Carlton p305.
Not quite the Counter-Reformation p333.
The cult of (Santamaria) personality p357.
Working for the cause p365.
The Movement heads to Splitsville p389.
This I believe, without much hope p406.
Point of View p419.

INDEX SELECTIONS
Tony Abbott. Australian Family Association. Archbishop Matthew Beovich. Maurice Blackburn. Kath Bridgeman. Arthur Calwell. Andrew Campbell. Campion Society (Melbourne). Anthony Cappello. Abbe Joseph Cardijin. Carlton Football Club. Bishop James Carroll. Richard Casey. Catholic Action. Catholic Church. Catholic education system (in Victoria). Catholic Social Movement (CSM). Catholic Social Studies Movement: see The Movement. Ben Chifley. Chifley government. Percy Clarey. Manning Clark. George Cole. Peter Coleman. Communism. Communist Party of Australia. Xavier Connor. Council for the National Interest. Country Party. Bert Cremean. Jack Cremean. John Curtin. Curtin government. Archbishop Eric D’Arcy. Kevin Davis. Democratic Labor Party (DLP). Archbishop James Duhig. Bruce Duncan. H.V. ‘Bert’ Evatt. Malcolm Fraser. Vince Gair. Cardinal Norman Gilroy. Cardinal Valerian Gracias. James Griffin. Fr William Hackett. Brian Harradine. Paul Hasluck. Gerard Heffey. Gerard Henderson. Bishop Francis Hensche. Harold Holt. John Howard. Robin Hughes. Industrial groups (anti-communist). Stan Ingwersen. Denys Jackson. Harry Jensen. Paul Johnson. Colin Jory. Jack Kane. Frank Keating. Kevin Kelly. Archbishop Michael Kelly. Stan Keon. Labor Party. Labor Split. Fr Harold Lalor. Norm Lauritz. Liberal Party. Archbishop Frank Little. Fr Frank Lombard. Dinny Lovegrove. Joseph Lyons. Bishop Patrick Lyons. James McAuley. James ‘Jim’ McClelland. Justice Murray McInerney. John McKenna. William McMahon. Frank McManus. Ted Madden. Frank Maher. Robert Manne. Archbishop Daniel Mannix. Jacques Maritian. John Maynes. Melbourne University. Robert Menzies. Menzies government. Gerald Mercer. Rocco Mimmo. Ken Mitchell. Kevin Mitchell. Patrick Morgan. Frank Mount. The Movement. Malcolm Muggeridge. John Mullens. Brian Mullins. Robert Murray. National Catholic Rural Movement. National Civic Council (NCC). Frank Neenan. Archbishop Eris O’Brien. Bishop James O’Collins. Bob O’Connell. Michael O’Connor. Bishop Patrick O’Donnell. Michael O’Sullivan. Pacific Institute. Archbishop George Pell. Mark Posa. Alan Reid. Fr P.J. Ryan. St Kevin’s College. Anne Santamaria (daughter). Bernadette Santamaria (daughter). Dorothy Santamaria (nee Jensen) (wife). Helen Santamaria (nee Power) (wife). Joseph / Guiseppe Santamaria (father). Joseph G. Santamaria (son). Joseph N. Santamaria (brother). Maria Santamaria (nee Costa) (mother). Mary Helen Santamaria (later Woods) (daughter). Paul Santamaria (son). James Scullin. Frank Scully. Greg Sheridan. Laurie Short. Archbishop Justin Simonds. Hugh Slattery. Fr Bill Smith. Bishop Bernard Stewart. Peter Taylor. Thomas More Centre. United Australia Party. Vietnam War. Peter Westmore. Molly Wheeler. Gough Whitlam. World War Two. Archbishop Guilford Young.

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