Parents throwing their own children into the sea in order to pressure the Australian government into letting them enter the country? Within three days the Navy knew the story was false - yet the government fought and won an election swearing it was true.
In the definitive book about 'The Children Overboard Affair', Robert Manne reveals with devastating clarity the elaborate web of lies that was spun to dupe the Australian people, and shows how the deception was eventually exposed.
