Menzies at War

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Foreword; Introduction: The Menzies History Wars; 1. Nadir; 2. The Clan and its Legacy; 3. Last Days of Appeasement; 4. Collective Insecurity; 5. War on all Fronts; 6. War at a Distance; 7. Menzies' Dark and Hurrying Day; 8. The Enemy Within; 9. On the Wings of a Phoenix; 10. Winning with Menzies; Conclusion: The long Peace; Appendix: Menzies' Account of his 1941 Resignation; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.;In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. Many followers of Australian political history, including Liberal party supporters, forget that Robert Menzies had many years in the political wilderness not knowing he would end up being Australia's longest-serving prime minister. This book focuses on the period between 1941, when Menzies lost the prime-ministership, to 1949, when he regained it. In the interim he travelled around the world