Cold fire : Kennedy's northern front / John Boyko.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Canada,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
373 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-342) and index.
Contents:
Character and principles: Kennedy, Pearson, and Diefenbaker -- The collision -- Ike, the chief, and the candidate -- Three hours in Washington, February 20, 1961 -- The triumphant and terrible spring -- Three days in Ottawa, May 16 to 18, 1961 -- Tripping into war, Vienna and Berlin -- Overstepping bounds in the 1962 election -- Cuban missiles and Canadian coup d'état -- The deepening crisis -- Toppling a government -- The crossroads -- Pearson and Kennedy -- Myths, mourning, and the road taken.
Summary:
"Acclaimed historian John Boyko shines new light on the Kennedy presidency and JFK's critical battles with America's truculent northern neighbour."--Jacket.
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