The Menzies era : the years that shaped modern Australia
John Howard (Author)
An assessment of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister by Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister--a history of the Menzies era. Fresh from his memoir, Lazarus Rising, John Howard now turns his attention to one of the most extraordinary periods in Australian history, the Menzies era, canvassing the longest unbroken period of government for one side of politics in Australia's history. John Howard was the second-longest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history. Sir Robert Menzies held power for a total of 18 years, five months, and 12 days, making him the longest-serving Australian Prime Minister. His second term of 16 years is the longest unbroken tenure in that office, and during his second term he dominated Australian politics. Through this era, there was huge economic growth, social change, and considerable political turmoil. Covering the impact of the great Labor split of 1955 as well as the recovery of the Labor Party under Whitlam's leadership in the late 1960s, and the impact of the Vietnam War on Australian politics, this book will offer an assessment of the Menzies era in Australian life, history and politics
Print Book, English, 2014
HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney, NSW, 2014