John Winston Howard The Biography

by Onselen, Peter van; Errington, Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780522853346
• ISBN10: 052285334X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

In more than 100 interviews with a wide range of Howard's family and contemporaries, including Malcolm Fraser, Janette Howard, Andrew Peacock, Alexander Downer, Peter Costello and Howard's latest adversary Kevin Rudd, we see first hand how John Howard approaches life and politics. As John Howard faces the greatest fight of his political life, here is unprecedented insight into what makes him the formidable politician he has been for more than three decades. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Peter van Onselen is a lecturer in political science at Charles Sturt University and is a former ministerial adviser in the Australian government. Wayne Errington is a lecturer in political science at Edith Cowan University. They both are frequent contributors to newspaper's opinion pages, including The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Earlwood	p. 1
Beyond the Suburbs	p. 26
Getting Noticed	p. 52
Dad Would Have Been Proud	p. 76
The Loyal Deputy	p. 100
'Are you sure we wanted this?'	p. 127
Mr 18 Per Cent	p. 148
Wilderness to Redemption	p. 174
The Pragmatist	p. 206
The Prime Minister We Had to Have	p. 239
The Turning Point	p. 278
Howard's Way	p. 314
Cutting Down Latham	p. 339
A Bridge Too Far?	p. 364
The Verdict	p. 396
Sources	p. 404
Bibliography	p. 432
Index	p. 446
Acknowledgements	p. 457
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