Latham lashes out at lefties, page-40

Yes his book exposed the factional system-i am unaware if similar was not already in the public domain one way or the other- it was though a huge dummy spit from an angry man/bully who had lost out. I think Reaper has summed him up fairly well. As for Rudd that was just more of his jealousy and an attempt to stop another from achieving where he had not. He is though a unique character in Ausi politics, he has maintained the rage as his mentor extolled.