Gareth Evans
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Author: Keith Scott
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 440
'This book shows Gareth Evans arrayed in all his colours. The cyclonic temper is there. So is the intellectual daredevil who won his wings as Biggles. The explosive, sharp workaholic emerges restlessly from this book. But also the politician of substance and imagination and the Australian who won great respect in the United Nations and around the world. The question that leaps out form these pages is: What next?' Justice Michael Kirby 'We can easily see from this book why Gareth Evans was one of the best and most widely respected Foreign Ministers in the last few years. High intelligence and principle added to a razor-sharp wit ensured that he was a controversial figure, but one who left the world better than he found it. If we're all lucky, there will be other jobs for him on the international stage.' Right Honourable Christopher Patten CH, former Governor of Hong Kong 'As well as his achievements as Australia's finest foreign minister, Gareth Evans's drive, idealism and intelligence contributed to many of the important changes in Australia in the 1980s and 90s. Keith Scott's highly readable book shows how and why.' Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia 'This book reveals Gareth Evans as a complex figure, impatient, energetic, ambitious, visionary, yet sometimes prone to misjudgment when spinning his grand designs.' Paul Kelly, International Editor, The Australian This is the story of an unusual politician a rational intellectual who has been described as garrulous, impatient, generous, energetic and at times abrasive a young man from a working class suburb of Melbourne who achieved status as one of Australia's great Labor politicians and most accomplished foreign minister. Gareth Evans has been one of the most newsworthy politicians of the last three decades. Here is the first detailed account of his life from childhood to the present, a vivid picture of the man in his times and a revealing look at the influences which defined him as a politician - the student leader and young man stimulated by the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, the Vietnam years, the civil libertarian of the early 1970s, the up-and-coming politician inspired by the Whitlam Government, the pragmatic Labor minister, and the foreign minister appointed as the Cold War ended and the restructuring of global and regional order was up for debate. For thirty years Gareth Evans has been at the heart of the struggle for reform - to remake the ALP in the wake of the Dismissal, to reform federal law, to make the Constitution fit the times, to respond to the legitimate aspirations of the original Australians, to give Australia an active place in the world. More a loner than tribal, more analytical than intuitive,
Author: Keith Scott
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 440
'This book shows Gareth Evans arrayed in all his colours. The cyclonic temper is there. So is the intellectual daredevil who won his wings as Biggles. The explosive, sharp workaholic emerges restlessly from this book. But also the politician of substance and imagination and the Australian who won great respect in the United Nations and around the world. The question that leaps out form these pages is: What next?' Justice Michael Kirby 'We can easily see from this book why Gareth Evans was one of the best and most widely respected Foreign Ministers in the last few years. High intelligence and principle added to a razor-sharp wit ensured that he was a controversial figure, but one who left the world better than he found it. If we're all lucky, there will be other jobs for him on the international stage.' Right Honourable Christopher Patten CH, former Governor of Hong Kong 'As well as his achievements as Australia's finest foreign minister, Gareth Evans's drive, idealism and intelligence contributed to many of the important changes in Australia in the 1980s and 90s. Keith Scott's highly readable book shows how and why.' Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia 'This book reveals Gareth Evans as a complex figure, impatient, energetic, ambitious, visionary, yet sometimes prone to misjudgment when spinning his grand designs.' Paul Kelly, International Editor, The Australian This is the story of an unusual politician a rational intellectual who has been described as garrulous, impatient, generous, energetic and at times abrasive a young man from a working class suburb of Melbourne who achieved status as one of Australia's great Labor politicians and most accomplished foreign minister. Gareth Evans has been one of the most newsworthy politicians of the last three decades. Here is the first detailed account of his life from childhood to the present, a vivid picture of the man in his times and a revealing look at the influences which defined him as a politician - the student leader and young man stimulated by the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, the Vietnam years, the civil libertarian of the early 1970s, the up-and-coming politician inspired by the Whitlam Government, the pragmatic Labor minister, and the foreign minister appointed as the Cold War ended and the restructuring of global and regional order was up for debate. For thirty years Gareth Evans has been at the heart of the struggle for reform - to remake the ALP in the wake of the Dismissal, to reform federal law, to make the Constitution fit the times, to respond to the legitimate aspirations of the original Australians, to give Australia an active place in the world. More a loner than tribal, more analytical than intuitive,
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Keith Scott
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 440
'This book shows Gareth Evans arrayed in all his colours. The cyclonic temper is there. So is the intellectual daredevil who won his wings as Biggles. The explosive, sharp workaholic emerges restlessly from this book. But also the politician of substance and imagination and the Australian who won great respect in the United Nations and around the world. The question that leaps out form these pages is: What next?' Justice Michael Kirby 'We can easily see from this book why Gareth Evans was one of the best and most widely respected Foreign Ministers in the last few years. High intelligence and principle added to a razor-sharp wit ensured that he was a controversial figure, but one who left the world better than he found it. If we're all lucky, there will be other jobs for him on the international stage.' Right Honourable Christopher Patten CH, former Governor of Hong Kong 'As well as his achievements as Australia's finest foreign minister, Gareth Evans's drive, idealism and intelligence contributed to many of the important changes in Australia in the 1980s and 90s. Keith Scott's highly readable book shows how and why.' Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia 'This book reveals Gareth Evans as a complex figure, impatient, energetic, ambitious, visionary, yet sometimes prone to misjudgment when spinning his grand designs.' Paul Kelly, International Editor, The Australian This is the story of an unusual politician a rational intellectual who has been described as garrulous, impatient, generous, energetic and at times abrasive a young man from a working class suburb of Melbourne who achieved status as one of Australia's great Labor politicians and most accomplished foreign minister. Gareth Evans has been one of the most newsworthy politicians of the last three decades. Here is the first detailed account of his life from childhood to the present, a vivid picture of the man in his times and a revealing look at the influences which defined him as a politician - the student leader and young man stimulated by the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, the Vietnam years, the civil libertarian of the early 1970s, the up-and-coming politician inspired by the Whitlam Government, the pragmatic Labor minister, and the foreign minister appointed as the Cold War ended and the restructuring of global and regional order was up for debate. For thirty years Gareth Evans has been at the heart of the struggle for reform - to remake the ALP in the wake of the Dismissal, to reform federal law, to make the Constitution fit the times, to respond to the legitimate aspirations of the original Australians, to give Australia an active place in the world. More a loner than tribal, more analytical than intuitive,
Author: Keith Scott
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 440
'This book shows Gareth Evans arrayed in all his colours. The cyclonic temper is there. So is the intellectual daredevil who won his wings as Biggles. The explosive, sharp workaholic emerges restlessly from this book. But also the politician of substance and imagination and the Australian who won great respect in the United Nations and around the world. The question that leaps out form these pages is: What next?' Justice Michael Kirby 'We can easily see from this book why Gareth Evans was one of the best and most widely respected Foreign Ministers in the last few years. High intelligence and principle added to a razor-sharp wit ensured that he was a controversial figure, but one who left the world better than he found it. If we're all lucky, there will be other jobs for him on the international stage.' Right Honourable Christopher Patten CH, former Governor of Hong Kong 'As well as his achievements as Australia's finest foreign minister, Gareth Evans's drive, idealism and intelligence contributed to many of the important changes in Australia in the 1980s and 90s. Keith Scott's highly readable book shows how and why.' Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia 'This book reveals Gareth Evans as a complex figure, impatient, energetic, ambitious, visionary, yet sometimes prone to misjudgment when spinning his grand designs.' Paul Kelly, International Editor, The Australian This is the story of an unusual politician a rational intellectual who has been described as garrulous, impatient, generous, energetic and at times abrasive a young man from a working class suburb of Melbourne who achieved status as one of Australia's great Labor politicians and most accomplished foreign minister. Gareth Evans has been one of the most newsworthy politicians of the last three decades. Here is the first detailed account of his life from childhood to the present, a vivid picture of the man in his times and a revealing look at the influences which defined him as a politician - the student leader and young man stimulated by the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, the Vietnam years, the civil libertarian of the early 1970s, the up-and-coming politician inspired by the Whitlam Government, the pragmatic Labor minister, and the foreign minister appointed as the Cold War ended and the restructuring of global and regional order was up for debate. For thirty years Gareth Evans has been at the heart of the struggle for reform - to remake the ALP in the wake of the Dismissal, to reform federal law, to make the Constitution fit the times, to respond to the legitimate aspirations of the original Australians, to give Australia an active place in the world. More a loner than tribal, more analytical than intuitive,
Gareth Evans