2011
A âthoughtful book ⦠Curran and Ward show skill in handling the history of ideasâ.
Geoffrey Blainey,
Spectator Australia
CURTINâS EMPIRE
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
âa fine and important book ⦠sheds new light on the shadowy and evasive Curtinâ.
Hugh White,
American Review
âan elegant mix of scholarly research and accessible prose ⦠an important addition to Australiaâs historyâ.
Canberra Times
âCurran is one of a number of historians who have identified this phenomenon of British race patriotism, which exercised such a powerful influence in this first half of the last century and is so incomprehensible today.â
Stuart Macintyre,
Australian Book Review
UNHOLY
FURY
WHITLAM AND NIXON AT WAR
JAMES CURRAN
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For Priscilla, Pia and Ella
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Curran, James, 1973- author.
Unholy fury: Whitlam and Nixon at war/James Curran.
9780522868203 (paperback)
9780522861754 (ebook)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Whitlam, Gough, 1916â2014.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913â1994.
Vietnam War, 1961â1975âAustralia.
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âHeâs one of the peaceniks ⦠[and] certainly putting the
Australians on a very, very dangerous path.â
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON ON GOUGH WHITLAM, DECEMBER 1972
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âFor all its enduring importance, adherence to ANZUS
does not constitute a foreign policy.â
GOUGH WHITLAM, JANUARY 1973
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âHe is a bastard.â
HENRY KISSINGER ON GOUGH WHITLAM, JULY 1974
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Archives
Details of specific items can be found in the references on pages 315â355.
Australian
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A1838, Department of External Affairs, Central Office, 1948â70.
A1838, Department of Foreign Affairs, Central Office, 1971â78.
A5619, Prime Ministerâs Department, Cabinet Files, 1968â71.
M4322, Papers of Sir Keith Waller.
CP99, Papers of Edward Gough Whitlam.
M1356, Personal Papers of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.
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National Library of Australia (NLA), Canberra
John Gorton Papers, MS 7984.
Robert Menzies Papers, MS 4936.
James Plimsoll Papers, MS 8084.
William McMahon Papers, MS 3926.
ORAL TRC 314, Oral History Interview, Sir Keith Waller with JDB Miller.
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Whitlam Institute, University of Western Sydney
Whitlam Institute E-Collection, www.whitlam.org
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Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, Adelaide
Personal Papers of RJL Hawke.
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Overseas
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland
RG 59, General Records of the Department of State.
RG 59, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Island Affairs, Office of Australian and New Zealand Affairs.
RG 59, Lot Files, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs: Office of the Assistant Secretary, Subject Files,