American–Australian Relations and the Battle(s) of Brisbane in Peter Carey's Amnesia and John Oliver Killens's And Then We Heard the Thunder.

A critique of the novels "Amnesia" by Peter Carey and "And Then We Heard the Thunder" by John Oliver Killens is presented. Topics discussed include the ways in which the two novels depict the relationship between the U.S. and Australia during the World War II period, the observation that the Battle of Brisbane in "Amnesia" shows xenophobia and racism among white Australians and the two authors' imagined alternatives to narratives of globalization wherein U.S. power and capitalism predominate.