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'Julia Gillard was impatient for the prime ministership, and either worked with or allowed others to manufacture a sense of crisis around Rudd's leadership. She then cut down a prime minister in his first term and tried to pretend it was in the national interest to do so. Since then, she has been the architect of her own misfortune.

In Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew counters the view that Julia Gillard was a reluctant deputy who was forced to move against a chaotic and dysfunctional Kevin Rudd and offers a different version of events. Her story is an intimate account of one of the most tumultuous periods in Australian politics, as well as a tale of personal change. She brings a reporter's eye and an insider's knowledge to a story that has caused despair among Labor supporters and produced disillusionment among the electorate.

After winning a spectacular victory against Prime Minister John Howard in 2007, McKew was one of the many casualties of the disastrous 2010 election campaign, when Labor was left clinging to the wreckage and forced into minority government. Still dealing with her own disappointments in a political career cut short by the machinations of her own party, and with more questions than answers, McKew has spent the past year talking to her colleagues in an effort to understand what went wrong. Tales from the Political Trenches is a must-read for those who have followed the events of the past few years and are still asking, "What the hell happened?"' Source: https://estore.mup.com.au/ (Sighted 29/10/2012).

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    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Melbourne University Publishing , 2012 .
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      Extent: 250 p., [8] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      Reprinted: 2012 twice
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      • Includes bibliographic notes.
      ISBN: 9780522862225 (ebook), 9780522862218 (pbk.)
    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Melbourne University Press , 2013 .
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      Extent: ix, 278 pp.
      Edition info: Updated post-election edition
      Description: illus., ports
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      • Published: 1st October 2013
      ISBN: 9780522864267

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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 3)
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Voyeurs and Players Jane Goodall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2012 - January 2013 no. 347 2012; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
Trials of a Ruddite Mary Delahunty , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 November 2012; (p. 25) The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 November 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
After the Game Amanda Lohrey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 84 2012; (p. 54-56)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography ; Speechless : A Year in My Father's Business James Button , 2012 single work autobiography
Tales From a Journalist, Not an Insider Stephen Holt , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 November 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
Insider's View of Trench Warfare Louis Nowra , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 November 2012; (p. 25)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
After the Game Amanda Lohrey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 84 2012; (p. 54-56)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography ; Speechless : A Year in My Father's Business James Button , 2012 single work autobiography
Trials of a Ruddite Mary Delahunty , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 November 2012; (p. 25) The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 November 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
Voyeurs and Players Jane Goodall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2012 - January 2013 no. 347 2012; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Tales from the Political Trenches Maxine McKew , 2012 single work autobiography
From a 'Small, Sad Girl' to Chaos in the Corridors of Power Neil McMahon , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2012; (p. 19, 22) The Sun-Herald , 28 October 2012; (p. 84-85) The Sunday Age , 28 October 2012; (p. 12)
Book Claims 'Sexist' Simon Benson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 October 2012; (p. 12)
New Grist for Labor's Millstone 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 October 2012; (p. 7)
Book Laments ALP’S Wasted Opportunity Patricia Karvelas , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 - 28 October 2012; (p. 2)
McKew Wins a Maxine for Sycophancy but Doesn't Do Rudd a Favour Troy Bramston , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 October 2012; (p. 14)
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