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John Howard - Lazarus Rising - 2010



A gift from my brother. Second longest serving PM of Australia's autobiography. Hard for me to get into until he actually became PM. Only because of not knowing who any of the other blokes were. Once he got to that highest office, it picked up. I am a political junkie, so any American politician I would have been with it. Most interesting were the chapters dealing with world events, specifally 9/11 and Irag. Am a fan of Mr. Howards having seen him various times in press conferences with W. His support of those policies, along with Mr. Blairs made me like them. Most here that care, already know my position on those events. One thing with Mr. Howard that I found hard to grasp is the fact that he was a member of the Liberal party, yet considered conservative. Those terms are polar opposites in this country. I now know the Labor party is the equivalent of our Democrat party, which are the liberals here. Just hard to get my brain around. Good book but rather lengthy at near 700 pages. Thanks Lloyd

Grade - B

next up - Fugitive Nights by Joseph Wambaugh
a light read after that one