{"product_id":"2026200015799-secondhand-killen-inside-australian-politics","title":"Killen: Inside Australian Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in Australian political life carried themselves with quite the same old-world gravitas as James Killen, and Killen: Inside Australian Politics is his compelling personal account of decades spent at the heart of the nation's power. A long-serving Liberal Party stalwart and former Minister for Defence, Killen chronicles his rise through Queensland politics to the corridors of Canberra, offering a rare and candid view of the personalities, conflicts, and machinations that shaped modern Australia from the Menzies era through to the tumultuous years of the Fraser government.\n\nWritten in Killen's characteristically colourful and witty style, the memoir presents a portrait of a politician who was at once a fierce ideological warrior and a beloved parliamentary raconteur. It illuminates the inner workings of the Liberal Party, the drama of the 1975 constitutional crisis, and the complex theatre of parliamentary debate with sharp, anecdotal precision. As much a document of a vanishing political culture as it is a personal testament, this is a book that leaves the reader wondering just how much of what truly happens in the halls of power is never written down at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203250757851,"sku":"2026200015799-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/594d3686-8ffb-40f7-a61e-85fac2084bae.png?v=1788146423","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015799-secondhand-killen-inside-australian-politics","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}