The most dramatic election in memory unseated a Government entrenched for twenty-three years. It had taken Gough Whitlam six of those years to bring his party from defeat and disarray to an impressive victory. How did it happen ? The authors of this book have followed every move along the long, hard path he followed. Getting behind the scenes, they bring to light much that only the insiders saw: the manoeuvres, the conflicts, the personalities that shaped events are all displayed and analysed. This study of a man and all that brought him to the leadership of his country is impressive for its objective view and for the mass of detailed knowledge it offers. Coming in the first days of the new Government, it will remain an invaluable source of information for years to come'