To The Bitter End. The Dramatic Story Of The Fall Of John Howard And The Rise Of Kevin Rudd

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Crows Nest, Sydney
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 280 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is some light reading wear to cover. On 24 November 2007 Australia Resoundingly Changed Government. If You Think You Know What Really Happened Behind The Closed Doors Of The Liberal Party, In The Back Rooms Of The ACTU And Deep In The Campaign War Room Of The Labour Party During That Tumultuous Year, Think Again.

Publishers Description: 2007 was a year to remember in Australian politics. It saw the dramatic fall of John Howard and the unexpected rise of Kevin Rudd. It saw the Liberal Party buckle under the inertia of incumbency and the Labor Party find new discipline and energy. It also saw the union movement at the center of one of the most effective and powerful political campaign the country has ever seen. With unprecedented access to the key players and countless hours of confidential interviews, Peter Hartcher reveals how Kevin Rudd secretly forged his alliance with Julia Gillard to topple Kim Beazley. He exposes the way Labors factions intimidated Rudd. He lays bare the raging, unending struggle between John Howard and Peter Costello for control of the national budget. And he explains why Peter Costello believes Howards defeat was the greatest humiliation of any prime minister in Australias history. To the Bitter End is a penetrating, riveting, and above all revealing exploration of a year when the political stakes had never been higher.

ISBN: 9781741756234