Norman Abjorensen
Auteur de John Hewson: A Biography
Œuvres de Norman Abjorensen
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Abjorensen, Norman
- Date de naissance
- 1947-06-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
- Études
- University of New South Wales (BA)
Australian National University (PhD) - Professions
- journalist
biographer
historian
academic - Organisations
- Australian National University (2003-)
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 29
- Popularité
- #460,290
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 14
“The Manner of their Going” further confirms my suspicions that Billy McMahon was the worst Prime Minister we have had to deal with, followed by Joseph Cook (although we probably need more time to judge where Abbott’s term fits on the spectrum). I also notice that authors seem to have a soft spot for Sir George Reid, our third Prime Minister, with Abjorensen imagining him as the life of the party.
Of the four shortest serving Prime Ministers, it’s interesting to note that many Liberal politicians wanted Country Party leader John McEwen to extend his three weeks as PM rather than hand the office to one of their own, while Fadden and Forde were unlucky not to be given more time and Abjorensen seems quite dismissive of Page.
Of course, what strikes the reader more than anything else is that of the twenty eight former Prime Ministers, only Menzies (in his second go in the Lodge) got to choose the manner of their going. Indeed, of the other twenty seven, only eleven were defeated in a general election and three died in office. Seven were deposed by their own party. No wonder Australia is world renowned in political circles for being particularly bloodthirsty.
My only criticism is that this book shows all the hallmarks of being rushed into print, as there are more typos and mistakes than one would expect of a book of this standard.… (plus d'informations)