The Dismissal: A Groundbreaking New History
Paul Kelly, Troy Bramston
The Dismissal: A Groundbreaking New History
Paul Kelly, Troy Bramston
Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerr’s 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.
Forty years on, the dismissal remains one of the most damaging and controversial events in Australian politics.
This groundbreaking book by two of our leading journalists provides a startling reinterpretation of events. It tells the story of the clash between extraordinary personalities- two political giants - Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser - and an ambitious and calculating governor-general, Sir John Kerr.
Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerr’s 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.
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