{"product_id":"john-curtins-war-volume-ii-by-john-edwards-9780143791362","title":"John Curtin's War Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed as \u003cem\u003e'a huge and highly accessible contribution to Australian political history'\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSMH\u003c\/em\u003e), John Edwards' magisterial biography of our greatest Prime Minister concludes with the events that shaped our future: the nation at war, our new relationship with the United States, and Curtin's early death, just before victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of \u003cem\u003eJohn Curtin's War\u003c\/em\u003e was recognized as \u003cem\u003e'a landmark in Australian political biography'\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003e'remarkable'\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAFR\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat book ends with the fall of Singapore and a fundamental realignment of Australia's place in the world: \u003cem\u003e'The Americans were coming. So were the Japanese.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis second volume, \u003cem\u003eTriumph and Decline\u003c\/em\u003e, tells the full, fascinating story of the next four years, as Curtin leads Australia in meeting its enemy and its new friend, the latter personified by the charismatic, self-certain General Douglas MacArthur. As Churchill abandons Australia and pursues a \u003cem\u003e'Hitler first'\u003c\/em\u003e strategy, Curtin and MacArthur fight to ensure that the War in the Pacific is an American priority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the critical battles of the Coral Sea and Midway decide Australia's fate—and Kokoda creates a new legend—Curtin's resolute calm and implacable determination lift him beyond party conflicts to become \u003cem\u003e'Australia's leader'\u003c\/em\u003e. But the outward strength disguises deteriorating health, and increasing doubt about the American alliance. Curtin determined Australia's future—but what would it have been had he lived?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTriumph and Decline\u003c\/em\u003e completes Edwards' masterpiece and cements John Curtin's place as our greatest of Prime Ministers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46372681220332,"sku":"9780143791362","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4629813482239.jpg?v=1744820153","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/john-curtins-war-volume-ii-by-john-edwards-9780143791362","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}