I Am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond - Tapa blanda

Rees, Peter

 
9780522878745: I Am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond
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ISBN 10: 0522878741 ISBN 13: 9780522878745
Editorial: Melbourne University Press, 2023

Sinopsis

'My name is Tim, and that is what I want you to call me, except if another officer is present and especially if it is the CO, Lt Col Bennett, then I am Sir. At all other times I am Tim.'

When Tim Fischer's elder son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, it triggered Tim's resignation as federal National Party leader and deputy prime minister of Australia. An outpouring of emotion across the political divide greeted his decision, a rarity in a political environment where few leaders choose to give up power and prominence. In I am Tim, Peter Rees uncovers the influences that shaped a key figure of twentieth-century Australian political life, from a Jesuit boarding school to the rigours of officer training and the battlefields of Vietnam, time in state and federal politics, marriage to Judy Brewer and life at home. Fischer's interests and activities after politics were many and varied, spanning a diplomatic posting to the Holy See, new historical studies, and chairing the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway. Tim Fischer emerges as a man of energy and ambition but also of humanity, courage and love.

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Acerca del autor

Peter Rees was federal political correspondent for the Melbourne Sun News-Pictorial, the West Australian and the Sunday Telegraph. This is his eleventh book, among them the award-winning biography of WWI war correspondent and official historian Charles Bean, Bearing Witness.

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Editorial
Melbourne University Press
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
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ISBN 10 
0522878741
ISBN 13 
9780522878745
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Número de páginas
400
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9780522880144: I Am Tim (Signed by the Author): Life, Politics and Beyond

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ISBN 10:  0522880142 ISBN 13:  9780522880144
Editorial: Melbourne University Press, 2023
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