The supplementary volume of YOUNG HAWKE: the life of a larrikin by the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY.

Bob Hawke was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century, initially as the most powerful union leader in Australia during the 1970s before becoming the long-serving Prime Minister of the Labor Party in the 1980s.

His government, this former hard-drinker and womanizer, made numerous efforts to transform the Australian economy, elevate Australia's foreign policy in Asia, and introduce pioneering social welfare measures, including Medicare, contributing to the advancement of women.

After the challenging years at the end of the 1970s and the first decade of the 1980s, it was a time of renewed confidence, exemplified by winning the America's Cup and celebrating Victoria, Australia. It was also a period of national self-reflection, with demands for a treaty with Indigenous Australians, the 75th anniversary of Gallipoli, and debates over Australian identity.

Bob Hawke was at the center of all these events and enjoyed an unparalleled level of popularity during many years of his tenure. But there was a waiting Prime Minister poised to take over and a complicated family life that contrasted with his public image.

This is the definitive biography of one of Australia's most significant Prime Ministers.