John Curtin
The Coming of War in the Pacific, and Reinventing Australia
- Hardcover
608 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2017
Summary
Volume one of a major new biography of arguably our greatest (and one of our most underrated) Prime Ministers, who shaped modern Australia.
John Curtin became Australia’s Prime Minister eight weeks before Japan launched war in the Pacific.
Curtin’s struggle for power against Joe Lyons and Bob Menzies, his dramatic use of it when he took office in October 1941, and his determination to be heard in Washington and London as Japan advanced, is a political epic unmatched in Austral…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780670073474 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0670073474 |
| Author: | John Edwards |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 926g |
| Dimensions: | 95mm x 315mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
John Edwards
John Edwards has authored six nonfiction books, including the bestselling Keating: The Inside Story, published by Penguin.
He is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute and an adjunct professor at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University. Edwards has served on the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, was Chief Economist for HSBC Bank in Australia and New Zealand, and acted as a senior economic adviser to Treasurer and later Prime Minister Paul Keating.
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