Exit right : the unravelling of John Howard

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Label

Exit right : the unravelling of John Howard

Title remainder

the unravelling of John Howard

Statement of responsibility

Judith Brett

Creator

• Brett, Judith Margaret, 1949-

Subject

• Howard, John, 1939-
• Liberal Party of Australia
• trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 1996-
• truePoliticians -- Australia -- Biography
• Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography
• truePolitical leadership -- Australia

Language

eng

Summary

In Exit Right, Judith Brett explains why the tide turned on John Howard. This is an essay about leadership, in particular Howard's style of strong leadership which led him to dominate his party with such ultimately catastrophic results. In this definitive account, Brett discusses how age became Howard's Achilles heel, how he lost the youth vote, how he lost Bennelong, and how he waited too long to call the election. She looks at the government's core failings - the policy vacuum, the blindness to climate change, the disastrous misjudgment of WorkChoices - and shows how Howard and his team came more and more to insulate themselves from reality. With drama and insight, Judith Brett traces the key moments when John Howard stared defeat in the face, and explains why, after the Keating - Howard years, the ascendancy of Kevin Rudd marks a new phase in the nation's political life

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

VHEI

Dewey number

320.994

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Quarterly essay,

Series volume

QE28 2007