Dark Victory is a 2003 Australian book by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.

The book was released eighteen months into the Howard government's third term, and discusses the border control policy of the John Howard Liberal–National government.

Dark Victory consists of 21 chapters, covering the key political events involving the Howard government from 23 August to 10 November 2001.

[2][3][4] Marr and Wilkinson have worked together on previous journalistic investigations at The National Times in the 1980s.

[5] Dark Victory has been praised for its provocative accounts of immigration policy in Australia following the events of Tampa.