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Howard's End

The Unravelling of a Government

Peter van Onselen and Philip Senior

From the co-writer of John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, comes Howard's End, which takes us behind the scenes of both parties on the announcement of the election campaign.

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From the co-writer of John Winston Howard, the defi nitive 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.

Table of 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

About the Author

Peter van Onselen is Associate Professor of Politics and Government at Edith Cowan
University. He is the co-author, with Wayne Errington, of John Winston Howard.

Philip Senior is completing a PhD in Political Science at the University of Sydney.

978-0-522-85435-0