Dark Victory
The Military Campaign to Re-Elect the Prime Minister
Published on 10. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-86508-939-3 (ISBN)
Description
Award-winning writer David Marr and investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson burrow deep into the world of spin-doctors, bureaucrats and the military to reveal the whole story, play by play - from the stricken asylum seekers' first sight of the red dot on the horizon that was the "Tampa" to John Howard singing the national anthem at his election victory celebrations. This book aims to bring to light the manipulation of the public, the mutability of the press and the machinations of one government in its all-consuming lust for power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
St Leonards NSW
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86508-939-3 (9781865089393)
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Persons
Marian Wilkinson is one of Australia's leading journalists and the author of The Fixer a revealing account of the life and career of Labor's Graham Richardson. She has worked as a senior reporter for the Australian, deputy editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and executive producer of Four Corners. She is currently the Washington correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.
David Marr is the award-winning author of Patrick White: A Life Barwick and The High Price of Heaven. In a career spanning thirty years, he has written for The Bulletin and the Sydney Morning Herald, edited the National Times and reported for Four Corners. He is now presenter of ABC-TV's Media Watch.
David Marr is the award-winning author of Patrick White: A Life Barwick and The High Price of Heaven. In a career spanning thirty years, he has written for The Bulletin and the Sydney Morning Herald, edited the National Times and reported for Four Corners. He is now presenter of ABC-TV's Media Watch.
Content
1. Full up: August 23 to 262. Sea rescue: August 263. Australia v. the boat people4. Canberra scrambles: August 275. Pan Pan: August 286. Boarding party: August 297. Labor cornered: to August 318. Pacific Solution: August 30 & 319. The rule of law: August 29 to September 310. The thick grey line: September 3 to 1011. The shadow of the Twin Towers: September 11 to 1912. The voyage of the Manoora: September 3 to October 813. Launching the campaign: to October 814. Orders from the top: October 6 to 915. Truth overboard: October 9 to 1216. A military campaign: October 14 to 2317. The boat that sank: October 17 to 2818. The worst of times: October 23 to November 419. The navy leaks: November 4 to 820. The burning issue: November 8 & 921. Victory party: November 10AftermathNotesGlossary and abbreviationsAcknowledgementsIndex