Menzies : The Shaping of Modern Australia edited by John R. Nethercote

Menzies : The Shaping of Modern Australia edited by John R. Nethercote 

Binding:  Hardback
Price:  $59.95, Limited Edition Print-Run
Pages:  400 pages
ISBN:  9781925501018
Published:  April 2016

“I am not a believer in looking at the past because it is dead, but looking at the past because it is living.”  Sir Robert Menzies.

No Prime Minister did more to shape modern Australia than Sir Robert Menzies. His watershed election victory in 1949 marked the start an unprecedented period of progress, population growth and rising living standards.

The contributors to this important work take a fresh look at Menzies’ influence and legacy.

They conclude that Australia’s post-war success was not pre-destined but was driven by the ambitions of an industrious middle class empowered by the principles of freedom Menzies upheld.  

The message for today’s Australia is clear: innovation and enterprise - not government - hold the key to future prosperity.

Chapters Include

Preface -- The Honourable Josh Frydenberg

Sir Robert Menzies: Prime Minister of Australia, 1939-41 and 1949-66 -- J.R. Nethercote

The Political Philosophy of Robert Menzies -- David Kemp

Robert Menzies – War and Peace -- Anne Henderson

Menzies – the Second Prime Ministership -- John Howard

On the Political Side -- Graeme Starr

Menzies and the Representation of Women -- Margaret Fitzherbert

Foreign Policy, Defence and National Security -- Peter Edwards

The Wealth of the Nation -- Henry Ergas and J.J. Pincus

The Condition of the People -- Mikayla Novak

Town and Country in the Menzies Years -- Lionel Frost

Sir Robert Menzies and Australian Education -- Greg Melleuish

Menzies, the High Court and the Constitution -- Anne Twomey

Federal Financial Relations in the Menzies Years -- J.J. Pincus

Menzies, Parliament and the Institutions of Government -- J.R. Nethercote

Convert to the Faith – Menzies and Canberra -- David Headon