| Title | : | Trudeau and Our Times: Volumes 1 2 |
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| ISBN | : | 077105405X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780771054051 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | First published November 1, 1990 |
Volume 1: The Magnificent Obsession
Winner of the Governor General’s Award
This volume examines the formative influences on Pierre Trudeau’s childhood, his knight-errant youth and early manhood, his charismatic ascent to the Liberal Party leadership, and his dramatic first decade as prime minister. It concludes with his bittersweet triumphs in fighting off the separatists in the 1980 referendum campaign and his battle with provincial premiers to patriate the Canadian constitution.
Volume 2: The Heroic Delusion
Winner of the John W. Dafoe Prize for Distinctive Writing
This volume describes in fascinating detail the abiding liberal Pierre Trudeau’s quixotic confrontations with his neo-conservative opponents, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. A masterful analysis of the country’s political economy in the decades following World War II, it suggests that Trudeau’s delusion was that Canada could pursue a policy independent of her neighbours to the south.
Trudeau and Our Times: Volumes 1 2 Reviews
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Un long début qui passe par une longue revue des antécédents familiaux de Trudeau - inutile et non pertinent. La même chose pour les longs passages sur ses problèmes matrimoniaux. Toutefois, la seconde moitié, qui relate les années les plus excitantes du débat constitutionnel au Canada, en démontrant que Trudeau se battait pour ses valeurs et non pour un plus grand pouvoir politique, est remarquable.
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Another worthy, entertaining, immensely easy-to-read summation of why this man was our greatest Prime Minister. Yes, I'm biased...so what? Mackenzie King and Robert Borden DON'T get this kind of literary treatment for a reason, you know...
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J’ai déjà fini le premier volume, le 6 Février. Le livre est peut-être drôle, peut-être idolâtré, mais très approfondi. Tous les politiciens sont introduits avec contexte et une biographie brève. Je vais lisait le second volume, parce qu’on apprend beaucoup de l'histoire du Canada.
