Unholy Fury

Whitlam and Nixon at War

James Curran

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MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 May 2015

History; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; International relations

In the early 1970s, two titans of Australian and American politics, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and President Richard Nixon, clashed over the end of the Vietnam war and the shape of a new Asia. A relationship that had endured the heights of the Cold War veered dangerously off course and seemed headed for destruction. Never before or since has the alliance sunk to such depths.

Drawing on sensational new evidence from once top-secret American and Australian records, this book portrays the bitter clash between these two leaders and their competing visions of the world. As the Nixon White House went increasingly on the defensive in early 1973, reeling from the lethal drip of the Watergate revelations, the first Labor prime minister in twenty-three years looked to redefine ANZUS and Australia's global stance. It was a heady brew, and not one the Americans were used to.

The result was a fractured alliance, and an American president enraged, seemingly hell bent on tearing apart the fabric of a treaty that had become the first principle of Australian foreign policy.

Unholy Fury: Whitlam and Nixon at War by James Curran at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney

By: James Curran
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9780522868203
ISBN 10: 0522868207
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

James Curran is Associate Professor at the Department of History and US Studies Centre, the University of Sydney. He is the author of Curtin's Empire, The Power of Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defining the National Image, shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the NSW Premier's History Prizeandmdash;and, with Stuart Ward, The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire, shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Australian History Prize.

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Unholy Fury

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James Curran

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