Publisher's Synopsis
Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. He led the Australian Labor Party to power for the first time in 23 years at the 1972 election. Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office in this manner. In 1975. Whitlam was overthrown soon after he had threatened to close the base. The extent to which the CIA was involved in Whitlam's dismissal, and why, remains unknown.
Woven around real events, and laced with a little Aussie humor. This book is a political thriller set during this chaotic period of Australia's history. It tells the story of two men struggling with their deepest fears, one determined to keep hidden the truth of his past, the other compelled to expose a web of lies spun against Australia. In the following struggle, the book reveals a significant and plausible reason why the CIA (and Britain's MI6) wanted Whitlam removed from office.
