Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary

The Hawke–Keating government is widely regarded as "as good as it gets in Australian politics," but how did this highly able, ambitious, strong-willed group work through its crises and rivalries to achieve what it did? Gareth Evans's diary, written in the mid-1980s and published now for the first time, is the consummate insider's account. It not only adds much new material to the historical record, but is perceptive, sharp, and unvarnished in its judgments. This lucidly written account is often highly entertaining.