Hawke. The Early Years

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUB
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 669 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Considered a giant killer to unionists and a crypto-Communist to some employers, Robert James Lee Hawke is one of the great men of Australian government. An intimate portrait, this account reveals how the son of devout Christian parents was reared to public duty and to the ambition of political leadership. It details Hawkes many achievements—as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions as well as of the Australian Labor Party—and demonstrates how an extraordinary man struggled to overcome his drinking and philandering in order to rise to the highest office in Australia.

ISBN: 9780522858006