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<P>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 reader is absorbed at once in the procession of great events, important people, and significant issues. In the course of his official duties, Mr. Pickersgill was involved daily with the Prime Minister's activities, and his experience has been invaluable in drawing together material from the diary from this period, none of which has hitherto been made public. </P> <P>The story begins with the declaration of war by Canada, and at once we meet the main themes of the book and the leading preoccupations of Canadian public men in the war years; Canada's relations with the Commonwealth, the nature of her participation in the total Allied war effort, conscription, and national government. Then come chapters describing the planning of the devices involving Canada by which heavy initial military reverses were countered: the Air Training Plan, the Ogdensburg Agreement, the Hyde Park Declaration

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Author

Pickersgill, J.W.

Publisher

University of Toronto Press ; University of Chicago Press

Published

1960

Language

EN

ISBN

9781487580292

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science