Trudeau and our times, Volume 1 : The magnificent obsession
by Christina McCall, Stephen Clarkson
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Volume 1: The Magnificent ObsessionWinner 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.Tags
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Stephen Clarkson is a Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto, Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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