The National Character in Joe Lyons

Authors

Gregory C. Melleuish, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

76470

Publication Details

Melleuish, G. C. (2012). The National Character in Joe Lyons. Quadrant, 56 (1-2), 28-30.

Link to publisher version (URL)

Quadrant Online

Abstract

The decade of the 1930s is renowned for its leaders: Hitler, Stalin, F.D. Roosevelt and—Joe Lyons. It can be argued that at a time of crisis a country throws up a leader who is emblematic of the quality of its national character. It can also be said that the leaders who are best remembered are those who create the most effective public image, and who leave behind a positive picture of themselves in the public mind.