An unqualified success
Subtitle: the extraordinary life of Allan Percy Fleming
By: Peter Golding
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781922013934; 9781922013927; 9781922013545
Subjects: Public officers; Biography; National librarians; Civil service; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Library & Information Science
Description: The career of Allan Percy Fleming (1912- 2001)-teacher, soldier,journalist, trade commissioner, senior bureaucrat, librarian, counter terrorist-was characterised by the lack of 'appropriate' training.'I was a demonstration', he once remarked,'of the art of how to do things when unqualified'.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. A Very Troubled Start; 2. A Tortured Romance; 3. Ink in His Veins; 4. Inevitably a Khaki Uniform; 5. And so to Battle; 6. Centre Stage in a Greek Tragedy; 7. A Chat With Rommel; 8. From Sand to Jungle; 9. In the Company of Spooks; 10. U-Turn to Paris; 11. The Prime Minister Requests; 12. Rebuff for Non-Member of the Club; 13.A Problematic Succession; 14. Encounter With Terrorism; 15. The Last Hurrah; POSTSCRIPT: A Gentle Exit; HONOURS AND AWARDS; NOTES; INDEX