Memoirs of a Very Civil Servant : Mackenzie King to Pierre Trudeau.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: From the Prairies to Ottawa, 1917-1941 -- 1. From the Prairies to Oxford, 1917-1938 -- 2. From Oxford to Ottawa, 1938-1941 -- Part Two: External Affairs and Mackenzie King, 1941-1948 -- 3. The Department of External Affairs, 1941-1945 -- 4. Working for Mackenzie King, 1945-1948 -- Part Three: Louis St Laurent and a New North, 1948-1963 -- 5. Working with Louis St Laurent, 1948-1953 -- 6. Canada Discovers the North, 1953-1957 -- 7. Governing the Northwest Territories, 1953-1957 -- 8. The Territories under the Vision, 1958-1963 -- 9. The Emerging North -- Part Four: 'Mike' Pearson and a Changing Canada, 1963-1968 -- 10. Pearson and the Quiet Revolution -- 11. The Symbols and Structure of Canada -- Part Five: Winds of Change with Pierre Trudeau, 1968-1980 -- 12. Pierre Trudeau and a New Style of Governing, 1968-1970 -- 13. Trudeau and the Constitution, 1968-1979 -- 14. Transition and Change, 1978-1980 -- Part Six: Trudeau's 'Power Play,' Meech Lake, and the Charlottetown Accord, 1980-1992 -- 15. The Trudeau Power Play, 1980-1982 -- 16. Away from Government -- 17. Meech Lake: The Best Hope Lost -- 18. Meech Lake Dead: Where Next? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Maps -- The Territories of Canada, 1 April 1999 -- Canadian Arctic Marine Jurisdictions -- The Circumpolar North -- Illustrations.

Robertson presents a first-hand account of the events and personalities that shaped Canada during the critical post-war period, describes Canada's political development, and the prime ministers who presided over it.

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