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The number of books written about the Whitlam government and Whitlam himself have created a myth which continues to feed on itself. However, James Walter's approach in The Leader is quite unlike any previous commentator and is the only serious non-journalistic biography of the man. It is, in fact, unique in Australian political science as the first sustained attempt to apply psychological theory to the career of an Australian political leader. Whitlam's controversial career has created paradoxical accounts of the man. Successive books have branded him as genius or political naive, creator or destroyer. Apparently, conflicting strains in Whitlam's public life have offered grounds for both positive and negative accounts and made him an enigma to many. Indeed, the difficulty in reaching a satisfactory understanding of Whitlam epitomizes the problems of coming to terms with leadership itself. Walter argues that the enigma is more apparent than real and that a judicious interpretation of Whitlam's life can dissolve the paradox and explain the conflicting elements in his character as aspects of a recognizable personality type. Indeed, the very characteristics essential for success coul

Author

James Walter

Publisher

[St. Lucia, Queensland]: University of Queensland Press

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9780702215575

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science