Menzies at War
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Menzies at War

  1. 297 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Menzies at War

About this book

In the months following his resignation as prime minister of Australia in late August 1941, Robert Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. Many followers of Australian political history, including Liberal Party supporters, forget that Menzies had many years in the political wilderness not knowing he would end up being Australia's longest-serving prime minister. This book focuses on the period between 1941, when Menzies lost the prime ministership, and 1949, when he regained it. In the interim he traveled around the world, spending an extended time in Britain during World War II, set up the Liberal Party and, the author argues, developed the leadership qualities that made him so successful.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: The Menzies History Wars
  8. 1. Nadir
  9. 2. The Clan and its Legacy
  10. 3. Last Days of Appeasement
  11. 4. Collective Insecurity
  12. 5. War on all Fronts
  13. 6. War at a Distance
  14. 7. Menzies’ Dark and Hurrying Day
  15. 8. The Enemy Within
  16. 9. On the Wings of a Phoenix
  17. 10. Winning with Menzies
  18. Conclusion: The long Peace
  19. Appendix: Menzies’ Account of his 1941 Resignation
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Index
  24. Praise