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Alternative title: Diplomatic : A Washington Memoir
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Diplomatic
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'In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal Leadership. After felling the Abbott/Hockey Government, Turnbull informed Hockey that he would no longer be treasurer of Australia - a deal had been struck with Scott Morrison. Instead, Turnbull offered Hockey a new role: Australia's Ambassador to the United States.

'Traversing the worlds of politics, business and diplomacy, Joe Hockey's Diplomatic is an insightful, honest and at times hilarious insider's memoir recounting the former treasurer's unique diplomatic style. It chronicles the evolution, depth and complexity of the US-Australian relationship, from the final year of the Obama administration, the triumph and chaos of the Trump presidency and then on to the two nations' shared future under President Joe Biden and beyond.

'Based in Washington DC, Ambassador Hockey immediately found himself in the middle of the historic 2016 presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Despite strong objections from his own government, Hockey reached out to the Trump campaign early on. Betting on the electoral appeal of the brash, anti-establishment candidate, Hockey secured priceless early diplomatic contacts within the Trump campaign and then his administration.

'Anchored by Hockey's direct interaction with Trump's dysfunctional White House, Diplomatic reveals for the first time the aftermath of the leaked phone call between the US president and Prime Minister Turnbull. Hockey recalls his personal dealings with Trump on the golf course and the cavalcade of characters who came in and out of Trump's Oval Office, including Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Mick Mulvaney.

'Donald Trump's unconventional presidency turned politics and diplomatic relations in Washington DC on its head. When Joe Hockey found himself an unlikely diplomat in this new world order, his unorthodox dealmaking instincts placed him in the hot seat at precisely the right moment in history.'  (Publication summary)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2022 .
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      Extent: 416p.
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      • Published 13 April 2022
      ISBN: 9781460759516

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A Few Good Men? Moderate Reflections from a Martyr, an Insider and a Cigar Smoker: Joshua Black Review of Malcolm Turnbull, A Bigger Picture: With New Foreword; Christopher Pyne, The Insider: The Scoops, the Scandals and the Serious Business within the Canberra Bubble; Joe Hockey with Leo Shanahan, Diplomatic: A Washington Memoir Joshua Black , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 8 2024;

— Review of A Bigger Picture : An Autobiography Malcolm Turnbull , 2020 single work autobiography ; Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography
Golf Diplomacy : A Canny Emissary in Washington Timothy J. Lynch , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 443 2022; (p. 11-12)

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography

'In the chaos that opened the Trump administration in 2017, foreign governments were looking for any and all insiders for information. Australia turned to Joe Hockey, who turned to golf. In this very readable account of the former treasurer’s four years in Washington (2016–20), Hockey tells us how he navigated ‘TRUMPAGEDDON’. This is a story replete with funny anecdotes and unsettling observations. Diplomatic leaves the reader convinced that diplomacy is more about art and luck than about science and process. It is also oddly reassuring about the vicissitudes that the Australia–United States relations can weather, even under the most weird leadership.' (Introduction)

Politics, like Punk, Is a Mosh Pit Jack Marx , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 April 2022; (p. 17)

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography
Deals, Golf with Trump, and Little Introspection : Joe Hockey Goes to Washington and Writes His Memoirs Dennis Altman , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 21 April 2022;

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography

'Perhaps unfairly, the image most of us have of Joe Hockey comes from his time as federal Treasurer, when he was photographed smoking a cigar with then Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in the aftermath of the 2014 budget.'

Deals, Golf with Trump, and Little Introspection : Joe Hockey Goes to Washington and Writes His Memoirs Dennis Altman , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 21 April 2022;

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography

'Perhaps unfairly, the image most of us have of Joe Hockey comes from his time as federal Treasurer, when he was photographed smoking a cigar with then Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in the aftermath of the 2014 budget.'

Politics, like Punk, Is a Mosh Pit Jack Marx , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 April 2022; (p. 17)

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography
Golf Diplomacy : A Canny Emissary in Washington Timothy J. Lynch , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 443 2022; (p. 11-12)

— Review of Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography

'In the chaos that opened the Trump administration in 2017, foreign governments were looking for any and all insiders for information. Australia turned to Joe Hockey, who turned to golf. In this very readable account of the former treasurer’s four years in Washington (2016–20), Hockey tells us how he navigated ‘TRUMPAGEDDON’. This is a story replete with funny anecdotes and unsettling observations. Diplomatic leaves the reader convinced that diplomacy is more about art and luck than about science and process. It is also oddly reassuring about the vicissitudes that the Australia–United States relations can weather, even under the most weird leadership.' (Introduction)

A Few Good Men? Moderate Reflections from a Martyr, an Insider and a Cigar Smoker: Joshua Black Review of Malcolm Turnbull, A Bigger Picture: With New Foreword; Christopher Pyne, The Insider: The Scoops, the Scandals and the Serious Business within the Canberra Bubble; Joe Hockey with Leo Shanahan, Diplomatic: A Washington Memoir Joshua Black , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 8 2024;

— Review of A Bigger Picture : An Autobiography Malcolm Turnbull , 2020 single work autobiography ; Diplomatic Joe Hockey , Leo Shanahan , 2022 single work autobiography
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