Cold fire: Kennedy's northern front

✍ Scribed by Boyko, John;Diefenbaker, John G;Kennedy, John Fitzgerald;Pearson, Lester B

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.;"Acclaimed historian John Boyko shines new light on the Kennedy presidency and JFK's critical battles with America's truculent northern neighbour."--Jacket.

✦ Table of 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.

✦ Subjects

Crise de Cuba, oct. 1962;Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962;Diplomatic relations;Politics and government;History;Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963;Diefenbaker, John G., -- 1895-1979;Pearson, Lester B;Pearson, Lester B., -- 1897-1972;United States -- History -- 1961-1969;United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963;United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada;Canada -- Foreign relations -- United States;Canada -- History -- 1945-;Canada -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980;C