Curtin's gift
Subtitle: reinterpreting Australia's greatest prime minister
By: John K. Edwards
Contributors: James Bennett Pty. Ltd
Series: James Bennett Etitle; James Bennett Etitle
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781741159356; 9781741156416
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Australian Labor Party; Prime ministers; HISTORY; Biography; History
Description: John Curtin, Prime Minister during the darkest days of the Second World War is remembered as the reluctant hero of Australian politics. This is a reinterpreatation of the leader and the man in which Curtin emerges as a deceptively cunning player in the chess game of politics.
Notes: More information on James Bennett Etitle may be found at http://www.bennett.com.au.

Electronic book.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-185) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Title page; Contents; Acknnowledgements; Chapter 1 Sleepless Vigil; Chapter 2 Saint Jack; Chapter 3 Bringing the Troops Home; Chapter 4 Curtin as Warlord; Chapter 5 Jack Curtin and the Social Question; Chapter 6 Jack Curtin MHR and the Great Depression; Chapter 7 Prime Minister Curtin Changes Australia; Chapter 8 Curtin in the Australian Story; Notes; Index;