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" Curtin's gift : "
John K. Edwards.
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BL
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975911
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b730281
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Edwards, John K.
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Curtin's gift : : reinterpreting Australia's greatest prime minister /\ John K. Edwards.
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| Publication Statement
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Crows Nest, N.S.W :: Allen & Unwin,, 2005.
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James Bennett Etitle.
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1 online resource (x, 198 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits.
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1741156416
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: 1741159350
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: 9781741156416
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: 9781741159356
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1282132431
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9781282132436
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Electronic book.
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More information on James Bennett Etitle may be found at http://www.bennett.com.au.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-185) and index.
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| Contents
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Title page; Contents; Acknnowledgements; Chapter 1 Sleepless Vigil; Chapter 2 Saint Jack; Chapter 3 Bringing the Troops Home; Chapter 4 Curtin as Warlord; Chapter 5 Jack Curtin and the Social Question; Chapter 6 Jack Curtin MHR and the Great Depression; Chapter 7 Prime Minister Curtin Changes Australia; Chapter 8 Curtin in the Australian Story; Notes; Index.
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John Curtin, Prime Minister during the darkest days of the Second World War is remembered as the reluctant hero of Australian politics. This is a reinterpreatation of the leader and the man in which Curtin emerges as a deceptively cunning player in the chess game of politics.
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Curtin, John,1885-1945
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Curtin, John,1885-1945.
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Australian Labor Party-- History-- 20th century.
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Australian Labor Party.
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Politicians-- Australia, Biography.
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Prime ministers-- Australia, Biography.
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HISTORY.
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Politicians.
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Politics and government
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Prime ministers.
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Australia, Politics and government, 1901-1945.
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Australia.
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994.042/092
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DU116.2.C87E39 2005
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James Bennett Pty. Ltd.
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