To the Bitter End: The dramatic story of the fall of John Howard and the rise of Kevin Rudd
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
To the Bitter End: The dramatic story of the fall of John Howard and the rise of Kevin Rudd
By (Author) Peter Hartcher
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
1st May 2009
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Political leaders and leadership
Political parties and party platforms
324.99407
Long-listed for The John Button Prize 2009 (Australia)
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
Width 152mm, Height 230mm
372g
Description
On 24 November, 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep in the campaign war room of the Labor Party, think again. 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 centre of the most effective and powerful political campaign in years. This is the story of that year. It is about faltering ambition, driving ego, confidences lost and gained. It is about friends and enemies, truth and deception, humiliation and triumph.
Author Bio
Peter Hartcher is an award-winning journalist. Formerly a foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Washington, he is now the political editor and international editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.
