| Description |
vii, 245 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The Prime Minister Who Never Was: Sir William Lyne and the Policies of Federation -- Edmund Barron: Tobias Hamlet and the Long Goodbye -- Watson and Reid: At Alfred's Pleasure: Chris Watson: In his beginning his end: George Reid: 'At the mercy of a man who did not like him' -- The Strange Political Death of Alfred Deakin -- Joseph Cook and the Politics of Confrontation: 'There is nothing to say' -- Andrew Fisher: 'They can all go to hell' -- The Assassination of Billy Hughes -- Stanley Bruce: Into the banishment -- The Tragedy of Jimmy Scullin: 'It nearly killed me' -- Death in Office: Joseph Lyons: 'I should never have left Tasmania'; John Curtin: 'Too tired to live': Harold Holt: 'Where is he? -- Interregnum: Earle Page; 'Notorious renure of office': Arthur Fadden: 'A sigh of relief'; Frank Forde: 'It's not an easy job'; John mcEwan: Stopping Billy -- Robert Menzies: I'll lie down and bleed for a while -- The People's Judgment: Exit at the Ballot Box: Ben Chifley: 'I can do with a rest'; William McMahon: 'Stop laughing at Billy'; Malcolm Fraser: The weight of time; Paul Keating: 'Thanks for the ride'; John Howard: From obsession to defeat -- Some may Call it Treachery: John Gorton: Triumph of the 'termites': Gough Whitlam: Stealth, deception, betrayal; Bob Hawke: 'He had to go...he wasn't going to win' -- Labor's MAD Wards; Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and the Politics of Mutually Assured Destruction -- Tony Abbott and the Limits of Ambition -- Epilogue; The Afterlife of Prime Ministers -- Appendix 'Us, writ large': review of Mungo MacCallum's The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely; Australia's Prime Ministers |
| Summary |
'Norman Abjorensen doesn't shy from judgement in this meticulously researched, detailed and illuminating book on the last days of our leading politicians. Only one Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, has ever voluntarily departed politics for a graceful retirement, while three died in office; the remaining twenty-three were all forced from office in one way or another. Here, armed with the forensic skill of a surgeon and the insight of an expert observer, Dr Abjorensen picks apart the fatal flaws that contributed to their failure.' (Nicholas Stuart, author of Rudd's Way: November 2007-June 2010) |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-239) and index |
| Subject |
Abbott, Tony, 1957-
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Barton, Edmund, Sir, 1849-1920
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Bruce, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount, 1883-1967
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Chifley, J. B. (Joseph Benedict), 1885-1951.
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Cook, Joseph, Sir, 1860-1946
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Cook, Joseph, Sir, 1860-1947
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Curtin, John, 1885-1945
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Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919.
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Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount, 1883-1967.
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Fadden, Arthur (Arthur William), Sir, 1894-1973
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Fadden, Arthur, 1895-1973.
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Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928.
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Ford, Frank.
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Fraser, Malcolm, 1930-2015.
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Gorton, John, Sir, 1911-2002
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Gorton, John, 1911-2002.
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Hawke, Bob, 1929-
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Holt, Harold, 1908-1967
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Howard, John, 1939-
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Keating, Paul, 1944-
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Hughes, William Morris, 1864-1952.
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Lyne, William J. (William John), Sir, 1844-1913
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Lyons, Joseph Aloysius, 1879-1939.
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Forde, Francis Michael (Frank) Forde, 1890-1983
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McMahon, William, 1908-1988.
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Menzies, Robert, 1894-1978.
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Forde, Francis Michael, 1890-1983
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McEwen, John, 1900-1980.
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Page, Earle, Sir, 1880-1961
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Page, Earle, 1880-1961.
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Holt, Harold Edward, 1908-1967.
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Reid, G. H. (George Houstoun), 1845-1918.
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Rudd, Kevin, 1957-
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Scullin, James Henry, 1876-1953.
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Gillard, Julia.
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Reid, G. H. (George Houstoun), Sir, 1845-1918
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Watson, John Christian, 1867-1941.
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Whitlam, Gough, 1916-2014.
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Politicians -- Australia.
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Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Prime ministers -- Australia.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- History.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Australia -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2015513827 |
| ISBN |
1925333213 |
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9781925333213 |
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