The Mackenzie King Record Volume 1, 1939/1944 /

In this volume, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada for 25 years, tells in his own words of his activities in public life and the events of the momentous years from 1939 to 1944, as recorded in his personal diary. Mr. J.W. Pickersgill has provided a narrative framework, so that the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pickersgill, J.W (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Prime ministers > Canada > Biography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Canada at Britain's Side
  • III. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
  • IV. The Wartime Election
  • V. Parliament and the Blitzkrieg
  • VI. The Linch-Pin
  • VII. A Winter of Anxiety, 1940-41
  • VIII. The Hyde Park Declaration
  • IX. Domestic Interlude
  • X. The Flight to Britain
  • XI. Meighen, Lapointe, St. Laurent
  • XII. The United States in the War
  • XIII. The Plebiscite
  • XIV. Cardin and Ralston
  • XV. A World at War: 1942
  • XVI. Total War and Party Politics
  • XVII. A Time of New Beginnings
  • XVIII. The Canadian Army Goes into Action
  • XIX. The Quebec Conference, 1943
  • XX. The Political Watershed, 1943
  • XXI. General McNaughton's Retirement
  • XXII. Planning the Post-War Future
  • XXIII. The Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, 1944
  • Appendix
  • Index

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