Australian Between Empires:
The Life of Percy Spender
David Lowe
Empires in Perspective
978 1 84893 000 1: 234x156mm: £60.00/$99.00
978 1 84893 001 8
Part biography, part transnational history, this study details the life and career of Percy Spender, one of Australia’s most prominent twentieth-century political figures. Spender served his country in government, in opposition and as an ambassador to the United States in a long and prestigious career dominated by Australian foreign policy.
Spender’s role in moving Australia closer towards American influence – while pushing at the boundaries of Australia's 'Britishness' – is a key element in Lowe’s narrative.
Sample pages
Readership
Twentieth-Century History, Empire Studies, Australian History
Contents
Introduction
1 The Self-Made Man
2 Politics and Youth
3 War
4 Maverick
5 New World, New Liberals
6 Australia and Asia in the Cold War
7 The American Century
8 The Hague and Beyond
Reflections
Reviews
'The people who find Australian political history boring are the people who have never read Australian political history. In this shrewd, readable and telling new biography, we have one more essential part of the jigsaw puzzle of who we are and why we relate to the world in the way we do.'
– Greg Sheridan, The Australian Literary Review (read the full review here)
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