Menzies at war

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Label

Menzies at war

Statement of responsibility

Anne Henderson

Creator

• trueHenderson, Anne, 1949-

Author

• trueHenderson, Anne, 1949-

Subject

• trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• trueAustralian
• Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
• truePoliticians -- Australia -- Biography
• Australia -- History -- 1939 - 1945
• Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography
• truePrime ministers -- Australia -- Biography
• truePoliticians -- Australia -- Biography
• trueAustralia -- History -- 1939-1945

Genre

• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM 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 Robert 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, to 1949, when he regained it. In the interim he travelled 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. Anne Henderson refers to this time as his real political blooding

Biography type

individual biography

Dewey number

994.05092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult