John Winston Howard. The Biography

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 458 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. There Are Many John Howards. There Is The Ordinary Bloke Who Enjoys Time With His Family And Watching His Cricket. There Is The Strong-willed Man Of Principle Whom His Supporters Like To Imagine.There Is John Howard, Former Prime Minister Of Australia.

Publishers Description: In John Winston Howard, a frank and engrossing portrait of the Prime Minister, Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen contend that John Howard is the first professional politician the country has seen, who has left a deep and lasting impact on modern politics, government and the country. For the first time ever, in unprecedented and extensive interviews conducted by the authors with Howards family, friends, political supporters and detractors, we get a rare insight into the man and the government he runs. The result is a portrait of how Team Howard operates, and why it has been so successful. John Winston Howard is a revealing study of the nature of modern politics, and of how dirty the game can get. Crucially, it offers an insightful understanding of the John Howard who lies between the public vitriol and the ungainly praise that passes as analysis.In 1996, when John Howard wrested the prime ministership from Paul Keating, many people wrote off his election win as an aberration. More than ten years later, he is on the cusp of leading the Liberal Party into another election. Errington and van Onselen contend that Howard is the first professional politician the country has seen, and assess the impact he has made on modern politics, government and the country. John Winston Howard is a revealing study of the nature of modern politics. Crucially, it offers an insightful understanding of the John Howard who lies-and is mostly missed-between the public vitriol and the ungainly praise that passes as analysis.About the author:Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen are political science lecturers at Charles Sturt University and Edith Cowan University respectively. They both studied for their PhD at the University of Western Australia and have written extensively together about Australian politics. Wayne is a former officer of the Australian Navy and Peter worked briefly as a ministerial adviser for the current Federal government. They have written extensively in newspaper opinion pages across the country.

ISBN: 9780522853346