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Dark and
Hurrying Days: Menzies' 1941 Diary
Edited by
A.W. Martin and Patsy Hardy
Dark and
Hurrying Days is the text of a diary kept by Robert Menzies, then
Prime Minister of Australia, of his experiences during a wartime trip
to England in 1941. It was a grim time when British cities were enduring
heavy bombing and German invasion seemed imminent. In London Menzies sat
in the War Cabinet, talked with ministers and civil servants and had some
disturbing encounters with English leaders, particularly Churchill. En
route to England, he had proudly visited Australian troops who had played
a major part in the North African victories.
Menzies'
Diary reveals the shifting feelings and fears which these experiences
engendered in him, and is of prime importance in capturing the brooding
spirit of this grim time.
Information
on authors:
Dr Allan
Martin has taught at the universities of New South Wales, Melbourne and
Adelaide, and was from 1966 to 1973 Foundation Professor of History at
La Trobe University, Melbourne. Until his retirement in 1992 he was Senior
Fellow in History at the Australian National University. Dr Martin is
the author of Henry Parkes: A Biography and Robert Menzies:
A Life, Volume I 1894-1943.
Patsy Hardy
(1941-1994) had a varied background in historical research, editing and
publishing. She taught History at both Melbourne and Monash universities
and was Field Officer and later Publications Manager at the State Library
of Victoria. In 1985 she moved to Canberra to assist Dr Martin in his
biography on Sir Robert Menzies.
ISBN 0 642
19285 5
1993, pb, B5, 187 pp, b&w illus.

Last
updated 11 September 2000
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