The Dismissal. In The Queen's Name

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Penquin/Random House
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 413 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerrs archives - this remarkable account is dispassionate in its analysis, vivid in its narrative and brutal in its conclusions.There is no more dramatic event in our political history than the dismissal. This book is the definitive story, filled with fresh documents, revelations and new interviews that change our understanding of this event. It is also a brilliant forensic analysis of the ruthless, proud and stubborn main players - Malcolm Fraser, Gough Whitlam and Sir John Kerr. As keys to our understanding, Kelly and Bramston examine four central aspects of the dismissal- the real attitude of Buckingham Palace towards Kerr; whether Kerr tipped Fraser off about his plan; Kerrs deception of Whitlam; and Kerrs dealings with former High Court judges Sir Garfield Barwick and Sir Anthony Mason. In the gripping story that follows, the ambitions and flaws of Whitlam, Fraser and Kerr are laid bare as never before. Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerrs archives - this remarkable account is dispassionate in its analysis, vivid in its narrative and brutal in its conclusions. It exposes the true motivations, the extent of the deceit and the scale of the collusion. It was a premeditated and an elaborate deception. Paul Keating

ISBN: 9780670079209