The Dismissal: A Groundbreaking New History

Author:   Paul Kelly ,  Troy Bramston
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
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9780143574088


Pages:   464
Publication Date:   31 October 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerr's archives - this remarkable account is dispassionate in its analysis, vivid in its narrative and brutal in its conclusions. It exposes the true motivations, the extent of the deceit and the scale of the collusion. Forty years on, the dismissal remains one of the most damaging and controversial events in Australian politics. This groundbreaking book by two of our leading journalists provides a startling reinterpretation of events. It tells the story of the clash between extraordinary personalities- two political giants - Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser - and an ambitious and calculating governor-general, Sir John Kerr. Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerr's archives - this remarkable account is dispassionate in its analysis, vivid in its narrative and brutal in its conclusions. It exposes the true motivations, the extent of the deceit and the scale of the collusion.

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Author:   Paul Kelly ,  Troy Bramston
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:   Penguin Random House Australia
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780143574088


ISBN 10:   0143574086
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   31 October 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Paul Kelly (Author) Paul Kelly is editor-at-large of The Australian. He has been editor-in-chief of the paper and he writes on Australian politics, public policy and international affairs. Paul appears each week on Australian Agenda and before that was a regular on Insiders for nearly a decade. He is the author of nine books- The Unmaking of Gough, The Hawke Ascendancy, The End of Certainty, November 1975, Paradise Divided, 100 Years- The Australian Story, The March of Patriots, Triumph and Demise and The Dismissal. Troy Bramston (Author) Troy Bramston has been a senior writer and columnist with The Australian newspaper since 2011. He was previously a columnist with the Sunday Telegraph. Troy is the author or editor of ten books, including Robert Menzies- The Art of Politics (2019) and Paul Keating- The Big-Picture Leader (2016). Troy co-authored The Truth of the Palace Letters (2020) and The Dismissal (2015) with Paul Kelly. He was the co-winner of the Australian Book Industry Award for The Dismissal. His biography of Paul Keating was a finalist for the Walkley Award, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and longlisted for the Australian Book Industry Award. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001. He lives in Sydney with his wife, Nicky, and children, Madison and Angus.

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