Curtin, Labor and Total War: the Australian Labor and the federal platform 1940 - 1945

by Dr John McSwiney

Curtin, Labor and Total the Australian Labor Party and the platform is the fourth in a series of books that analyses federal Labor governments and their attempts to pursue and enact the platform they were pledged to uphold.The book examines the leadership, vision, tenacity, courage and commitment of those Labor men and women who in the face of incredible odds and insurmountable obstacles stood in solidarity for something greater than themselves.In the period 1940 – 1945 and the four years that Curtin lead the Government, he never wavered from his commitment to the war effort, even if this meant that his policy prescriptions were in direct opposition to long stated policy goals contained in the platform. Curtin was committed to enacting the platform, however he was also a realist during a time in which he knew that fracturing the nation for the pursuit of ideology would be tantamount to treason in a country that was fighting for its very existence.

130 pages, Paperback

Published April 24, 2020