The Menzies Era / John Howard
- Bib ID:
- 7576111
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Howard, John, 1939-, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : HarperCollins, 2014
- Sydney,New South Wales : HarperCollins Publishers, 2014
- 1 online resource (720 pages)
- ISBN:
- 9781743097977 (EPUB)
- Summary:
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An assessment of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, by John Howard, Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, this is a significant, unique and fascinating history of the Menzies era - a time that laid the foundations for modern Australia. 'Engaging and revealing ... like a torchlight shone from an unexpected angle' Geoffrey Blainey, Weekend Australian Fresh from the success of his phenomenal bestselling memoir, LAZARUS RISING, which has sold over 100,000 copies, John Howard now turns his attention to one of the most extraordinary periods in Australian history, the Menzies era, canvassing the longest unbroken period of government for one side of politics in Australia's history. The monumental Sir Robert Menzies held power for a total of over 18 years, making him the longest-serving Australian Prime Minister. During his second term as Prime Minister, a term of over sixteen years - by far the longest unbroken tenure in that office - Menzies dominated Australian politics like no one else has ever done before or since, and these years laid the foundations for modern Australia. The Menzies era saw huge economic growth, social change and considerable political turmoil. Covering the impact of the great Labor split of 1955 as well as the recovery of the Labor Party under Whitlam's leadership in the late 1960s and the impact of the Vietnam War on Australian politics, this magisterial book offers a comprehensive assessment of the importance of the Menzies era in Australian life, history and politics. John Howard, only ten when Menzies rose to power, and in young adulthood when the Menzies era came to an end, saw Menzies as an inspiration and a role model. His unique insights and thoughtful analysis into Menzies the man, the politician, and his legacy make this a fascinating, highly significant book. 'This important book' Clive James, Times Literary Supplement.
- Full contents:
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- At the pictures in Earlwood
- Prelude to an era
- Back from the dead
- A new world order
- The great bank heist
- The communist Party
- to ban or not to ban?
- Petrov and the 1954 election
- The split
- The Suez crisis
- Into Asia
- The Ming Dynasty
- The changing of the guard
- Saved by Santamaria
- The faceless men
- No lap of honour
- Yes, Prime Minister
- The times are a-changin'
- The Vietnam War
- The end of White Australia
- Holt's Asian century
- The Tory larrikin
- By his own hand
- McMahon
- by accident
- The Great assumption
- It's time, but only just.
- Notes:
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- Imprint: HarperCollins.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Menzies, Robert, 1894-1978
- Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
- Liberal Party of Australia
- Biography: historical, political & military
- Biography & Autobiography - General
- Australia -- History -- 1945-1965
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1965
- Politics and government
- Politik
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Politics and Government - Political parties - Liberal Party / National Party
- Politics and Government - Referenda - Referendum, 1967
- Government policy - Commonwealth
- Australia
- Australien
- Australian
- Available From:
- Bolinda Digital
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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