I Am Tim : Life, Politics and Beyond / Peter Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rees, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--Politics and government--1945-.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing Ltd, 2023.

Summary:

'My name is Tim, and that is what I want you to call me, except if another officer is present and especially if it is the CO, Lt Col Bennett, then I am Sir. At all other times I am Tim.'.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Prologue

The light on the tracks

Alone

Finding his voice

A studious enthusiast

Here men are made

Short back and sides

No turning back

Chilling to the core

The bigger picture

Cutting the mustard

In search of hearts and minds

Swinging with the seventies

Taming tiger country

Kings cross awakening

Even the dog walked away

The main game

Asia focus

Off the rails

The mists of macbeth

A leap from obscurity

Just good friends

Jumping aboard the massey ferguson

Trading blows

Captain zero

Purity versus pragmatism

A final chance

Mining moral values

Blackout

Moment of reckoning

[Illustrations]

Biting the bullet

Settling in

Time bomb

Charting a new direction

Pastoral care

Ruffling feathers

Whip smart

Looking for solidarity

The wombat trail

Burn out

Planes and trains

Going public

Calling time

A house unites

Stepping through the looking glass

Farrer farewell

Anatomy of leadership

By the board

Networking heaven

Saints and sinners

A voice roars

Military might

Putting the puzzle together

Laws and levers

One of a kind

Last roll of the dice

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522878752

052287875X

OCLC:

1389792469