Dark victory
By: David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
Contributors: Wilkinson, Marian, 1954-
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Howard, J. W. 1939-; Tampa (Ship); Australia. Parliament -- Elections, 2001; Liberal Party of Australia; Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia; Illegal aliens -- Australia; Political campaigns -- Australia; Australia -- Armed Forces -- Political activity
Description: This is the inside story of Australia's "Tampa" crisis and the political strategy that powered it; of how John Howard, who was all but finished, seized on the issue of "border protection" to start a war on immigration and bring himself back from the political dead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-321) and index.