A Revealing Account of the 1941 Struggle for Power.
This book reveals the extraordinary events of 1941, when a bitter conflict took place between two of the most charismatic leaders of the time - Robert Menzies and Winston Churchill. While outwardly polite and united, they were actually engaged in an intense campaign of lobbying and manipulation.
Never before had Australian and British interests come into such direct conflict. So deep were the personal division between the two leaders that Menzies, encouraged by Churchill's opponents in Britain, made a determined attempt to wrest the Births prime ministership from Churchill's grasp.
Drawing on meticulous and original research into private papers and diaries, David Day outlines this fascinating struggle for power.
