Howard's end : the unravelling of a government / Peter van Onselen and Philip Senior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Onselen, Peter, author.

Senior, Philip, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rudd, Kevin, 1957-.

Rudd, Kevin.

Howard, John, 1939-.

Howard, John.

Australia. Parliament--Elections, 2007.

Australia.

Political campaigns--Australia.

Political campaigns.

Australia--Politics and government--2001-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2008.

Summary:

From the co-writer of John Winston Howard, the definitive biography of the Prime Minister, comes Howard's End, which takes us behind the scenes of both parties on the announcement of the election campaign and traces the stunning collapse of the Coalition in its last year in government.Peter van Onselen and Philip Senior piece together the events in the year leading up to the 2007 federal election, following the protracted downfall of Australia's second longest-serving Prime Minister and the unraveling of the government as it lurched from crisis to crisis. In the tradition of Pamela Williams' The Victory, Howard's End analyses and makes sense of the result and its far-reaching implications for the people of Australia.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Introduction

1 A New Sensation

2 Resumption of Hostilities

3 Ghost from Labor's Past

4 The Empire Strikes Back

5 'Shit Happens'

6 Election Countdown

7 One Last Rabbit

8 Facing Annihilation

9 A Campaign About Nothing

10 The End of an Era

Epilogue

Sources

Acknowledgements

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-198).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522858990

0522858996

OCLC:

1496387911