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Menzies and Howard on Themselves : Liberal Memoir, Memory and Myth Making
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 1 2018; (p. 7-22)'This article compares the memoirs of Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, as well as Howard’s book on Menzies, examining what these works by the two most successful Liberal prime ministers indicate about the evolution of the Liberal Party’s liberalism. Howard’s memoirs are far more ‘political’, candid and ideologically engaged than those of Menzies. Howard acknowledges that politics is about political power and winning it, while Menzies was more concerned with the political leader as statesman. Howard’s works can be viewed as a continuation of the ‘history wars’. He wishes to create a Liberal tradition to match that of the Labor Party.' (Publication abstract)
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A 'Democratic' Rendezvous' : The Bookshops of Radical Sydney
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Radical Sydney : Places, Portraits and Unruly Episodes 2010; (p. 89-96) 'George Black, founder of Sydney’s Republican League and the first Labor member of Parliament in New South Wales, socialist, secularist, slanderer, boozer, Labor rat and sexual libertine, will no doubt be remembered for many things. But he should be praised by us all as an insatiable, inspired and extraordinarily eclectic reader.' (p. 89) -
Pantryman and Prime Minister
1947
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , April vol. 1 no. 10 1947; (p. 431-32)
— Review of Crusts and Crusades 1947 single work autobiography
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Pantryman and Prime Minister
1947
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , April vol. 1 no. 10 1947; (p. 431-32)
— Review of Crusts and Crusades 1947 single work autobiography -
A 'Democratic' Rendezvous' : The Bookshops of Radical Sydney
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Radical Sydney : Places, Portraits and Unruly Episodes 2010; (p. 89-96) 'George Black, founder of Sydney’s Republican League and the first Labor member of Parliament in New South Wales, socialist, secularist, slanderer, boozer, Labor rat and sexual libertine, will no doubt be remembered for many things. But he should be praised by us all as an insatiable, inspired and extraordinarily eclectic reader.' (p. 89) -
Menzies and Howard on Themselves : Liberal Memoir, Memory and Myth Making
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 1 2018; (p. 7-22)'This article compares the memoirs of Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, as well as Howard’s book on Menzies, examining what these works by the two most successful Liberal prime ministers indicate about the evolution of the Liberal Party’s liberalism. Howard’s memoirs are far more ‘political’, candid and ideologically engaged than those of Menzies. Howard acknowledges that politics is about political power and winning it, while Menzies was more concerned with the political leader as statesman. Howard’s works can be viewed as a continuation of the ‘history wars’. He wishes to create a Liberal tradition to match that of the Labor Party.' (Publication abstract)
