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Here are the political diaries of one of Australia's most promising national leaders-published within twelve months of his resignation from office-an historic first. The Latham Diaries are searingly honest bulletins from the front line of Labor politics. They provide a unique view into the life of a man, the Party and the nation at a crucial time in Australian history. Mark Latham resigned from parliament in January 2005, after only fourteen months as Leader of the Opposition, amid bitter post-election recrimination and his own ill health. From the beginning of his career he was viewed by many observers as the ALP's resident intellectual and larrikin, the great hope of a new generation with the drive and talent to become prime minister. So why did his career end so abruptly? This is a riveting chronicle of life inside politics: the backroom deals, the frontroom conniving, the bitter defeat of idealism and the triumph of opportunism. The Latham Diaries is not just the story of the Labor Party in the last years of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, but a sobering account of the state of Australian democracy 100 years after Federation.Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Press
ISBN-139780522852158
eBay Product ID (ePID)95234968
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Latham Diaries
AuthorLatham, Mark
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPolitics, History
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height242mm
Item Width164mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorLatham, Mark
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia