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Robert Menzies: A Life 1894 1943 (Martin, Aw (Allan William)//Robert Menzies)
Robert Menzies A Life 1894 1943 //Robert Menzies - Martin, Aw Allan William Author:A. W. Martin, Patsy Hardy Admired and reviled, for more than thirty years Robert 'Ming' Menzies stood at the centre of power in Australia. His concerns and political style influenced two generations; from the beginning of his long political career he grew to dominate the practice and language of Australian politics. The first of two volumes, this book documents the early... more » years of the brilliant lawyer who came to be known as 'Pig-Iron Bob' and who was to create the Liberal Party from the ashes of the UAP, becoming a towering figure in post-war Australia. 'Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war' Robert Menzies« less