Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott
Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Leadership Challenges from Menzies to Abbott -- Chapter 2: Rudd vs Gillard vs Rudd -- Chapter 3: Turnbull vs Abbott vs Turnbull -- Chapter 4: Hawke vs Keating versus Howard vs Costello -- Chapter 5: Duelling Amateurs - Gorton vs McMahon -- Chapter 6: Leadership Coups and Desperate Oppositions -- Chapter 7: Leadership Coups and Disintegrating Governments -- Chapter 8: Media and Momentum -- Chapter 9: Reporters and Players -- Chapter 10: Iatrogenic Spin Doctoring -- Chapter 11: The Doctrine of the Disposable Leader -- Appendix A: 73 Leadership Coups -- Appendix B: Tables -- Table 1: Successful Leadership Challenges -- Table 2: Longest-Serving Party Leaders -- Table 3: Leadership Coups and Government Survival -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.