Grand Ambition
Paul Keating's global vision for Australia
$46.80
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
Written with never-before-seen documents from Paul Keating’s archive and drawing on long conversations and interviews with him over many years, this book explores the ambitions for Australia and its place in the world that guided Keating: arguably the last Prime Minister with a compelling long-term vision for the country.
As Australia stands on the edge of the greatest reappraisal of its strategic circumstances, what is the relevance of Paul Keating’s vision for Austr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761425233 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761425234 |
| Author: | James Curran |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Scribner Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
James Curran
James Curran is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney and has published widely on the history of Australia’s foreign relations. He has written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The National Interest and Australian Financial Review, where he was International Editor from 2023–2025. In 2025, Curran was an ABC Boyer Lecturer. In 2013, he was Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin and has also been a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Prior to his academic career, he worked for the Australian government in the Prime Minister’s Department and the Office of National Assessments.
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