TITLE:
The duel : Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada / John Ibbitson.
By:
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
[Toronto] : Signal,
Physical Description:
xi, 444 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Summary:
One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada.Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771003264
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
