{"product_id":"1975-the-ballads-of-the-whitlam-dismissal-paperback","title":"1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Stockwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e1975 The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003euses bush ballads and investigative journalism to commemorate the Whitlam Dismissal in 1975 with forensic detail, smoking guns, the guilty called to account and Australian democracy given a gentle push to maintain our independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGough was confronted by an army of opponents: the Murdoch and Packer press, monarchists, militarists and misogynists, an antiquated judicial system, Buckingham Palace, the US government's CIA and Australia's own Governor General, John Kerr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was Kerr who stabbed Whitlam in the back after Whitlam appointed him as GG. People will argue about the politics but everyone agrees this is an epic story with mythological dimensions, King Lear meets Game of Thrones.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 50 years hindsight, it is time for Australia to make up its own mind about what happened on 11 November 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53125717164339,"sku":"9780645184846","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uoWiaC5JAi9780645184846.webp?v=1773259983","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/1975-the-ballads-of-the-whitlam-dismissal-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}