| Title | : | Trudeau and Our Times, Volume 2: The Heroic Delusion |
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| ISBN | : | 0771054084 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780771054082 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1994 |
| Awards | : | J.W. Dafoe Book Prize (1995) |
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, Volume 2: The Heroic Delusion Reviews
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This second volume outlines a lot of the forces that shaped one of our Great Prime-ministers. Both this and volume I dig into the intellectual wealth of the Man and how these ideals shaped what he did as a person and a politician. It can be thick reading at times and it is worth the read. You are also cast into the political times of the 50's to the 80's that shaped him and the things that he shaped in our Canadian cultural and political landscape. However this book focuses more on the change in the world from the Liberal 60's to doing battle with emerging conservative forces and changes in the World in the Reagan and Thatcher era.
You have to read Volume 1 First.
