Description: Judith Brett, award-winning author and well-known Australian political scientist, provides the first complete history of the Australian liberal tradition, as well as of the Liberal Party from the second half of the twentieth century. The Liberal Party of Australia was late to form in 1945, but the traditions and ideals upon which it is founded have been central to Australian politics since federation.
Brief description: Judith Brett is the author of the highly acclaimed Menzies' Forgotten People, winner of the Arthur Phillips award for Australian Studies, Douglas Stewart award for non-fiction and Ernest Scott prize. Formerly the editor of Meanjin and Arena magazines, she has been teaching politics at La Trobe University since 1989.
Review Quotes: 'This is a book of major significance. It provides an original and powerfully coherent insight into how the non-Labor parties have understood politics and themselves.' Professor Stuart Macintyre, University of Melbourne