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BACKROOM BRIEFINGS JOHN CURTIN'S WAR
clem llyod and richard hall The popular image of Prime Minister John Curtain as a solitary figure reading the grounds of the Lodge in Canberra, fatigued but unable to sleep, wracked with anguish about the lives of Australian soldiers, has been indelibly imprinted in the minds of Australians who lived through the Second World War. While the stories were true enough, that image tended to cloud the public perception of Curtin, detracting from qualities of toughness and durability, and creating the rrroneous impression of a man struggling with illness and are crushed by the burdens of wartime leadership. On the contrary, Backroom Briefings shows a Prime Minister acute in analysis, vigorous in language and confident of his decisions - a unique insight into the qualities and style of a man whose political career and prime ministership have, until now, been poorly documented. In his off-the-record briefings to senior journalists, Curtin emerges as being in command, not afraid to express strong opinions - he describes his own labour Minister Eddie Ward, as a 'bloody ratbag' and Sydney's Daily Telegraph as a 'nitwit' newspaper. At the end of 1942 Curtin comments tartly that, to Winston Churchill, Australia is the 'forgotten land'. 248 pp - Paperback - Published 1997
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