{"product_id":"whitlam-right-and-wrong-michael-easson-9781923568815","title":"Whitlam Right and Wrong: Personal Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew Australian governments have inspired as much admiration, controversy, and debate as that of Gough Whitlam. More than fifty years after Labor's historic victory in 1972, the Whitlam era continues to shape how Australians think about reform, leadership, and political change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Whitlam Right and Wrong, editor Michael Easson brings together an outstanding group of politicians, historians, constitutional scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals to examine one of the most consequential periods in Australia's political history. The contributors explore Whitlam's remarkable achievements in education, health care, foreign affairs, Indigenous policy, and social reform, while also confronting the administrative failures, economic challenges, political conflicts, and constitutional crisis that culminated in the dramatic dismissal of his government in 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining personal recollections with rigorous historical analysis, these essays offer fresh perspectives on the reforms that transformed Australia and the controversies that continue to divide opinion. Contributors include Frank Bongiorno, Ros Kelly, David Kemp, Ian Macphee, Scott Prasser, Michael Sexton, Anne Twomey, and others whose experiences and scholarship illuminate the Whitlam legacy from multiple viewpoints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither hagiography nor condemnation, Whitlam Right and Wrong is an essential contribution to understanding the ambitions, achievements, mistakes, and enduring significance of one of Australia's most influential prime ministers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Easson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923568817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923568815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Michael Easson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847193596159,"sku":"9781923568815","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whitlam-right-and-wrong-michael-easson-9781923568815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}