Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics
β Scribed by Ignatieff, Michael
- Book ID
- 107902426
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780345813282
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β¦ Synopsis
Renowned author and former Liberal Party of Canada leader Michael Ignatieff delivers a stirring meditation on contemporary politics and the lessons he learned in defeat. Candid and utterly unexpected, this book is not just for Canadians concerned about the future of the Liberal Party, but for all citizens concerned about the future of Canada and of political discourse in today's increasingly partisan world.
In 2011, the "Natural Governing Party of Canada" suffered its greatest defeat when Stephen Harper's Conservatives won a majority and Jack Layton's NDP superseded the Liberals to form the Official Opposition. It has spawned a time of soul-searching for the Liberal Party and its former leader, Michael Ignatieff--but while the party continues to look for answers, Ignatieff has found his in Fire and Ashes : the reasons why he went into politics in the first place. In what he says is the most difficult book he's ever written, Ignatieff (the son of a Canadian...
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