Memoirs : 1939-1993 / Brian Mulroney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mulroney, Brian, 1939-2024.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mulroney, Brian, 1939-2024.

Mulroney, Brian.

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Prime ministers--Canada--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Canada.

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 1121 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Brian Mulroney : Memoirs : 1939-1993

Place of Publication:

Toronto : M&S, [2007]

Summary:

This is a unique book about a unique Canadian life - about a boy, born and raised in a working-class family in remote Baie-Comeau, who rose to the highest office in the land. How he got there, an outsider fighting his way to the top, is a compelling story. What he did when he got there is just as enthralling. Year by year in this detailed book, he takes us through his time as prime minister (1984-1993), when he mingled with the world's leaders, tackled tough and controversial problems, and left Canada a changed country. The boy from Baie-Comeau changed your life - now his life, frankly recounted in this extraordinary book, deserves a place in your home.

Contents:

Prologue: September 4, 1984 IX

Part I The Early Years, 1939-1960 1

1 Champlain Street 3

2 Growing Up in Baie-Comeau 12

3 StFX 28

4 The Making of a Young Tory 39

Part II A Life in Quebec, 1960-1975 55

1 Universite Laval 57

2 Ottawa Interlude 72

3 Legal Hurdles 87

4 A Death in Baie-Comeau 97

5 Labour Lawyer 104

6 Politics and Strikes 112

7 Trudeau's October 127

8 Mila 136

9 Tricksters, Crooks, and Scum: The Cliche Commission 143

Part III The Clark Years, 1976-1983 155

1 "Politics Ain't Beanbag": The 1976 Leadership Campaign 157

2 Life at the Iron Ore Company of Canada 177

3 No Discipline, No Power 194

4 Winnipeg and Schefferville 211

5 The 1983 Leadership Campaign 220

6 Showdown in Ottawa 242

7 Picking Up the Reins 252

Part IV Leading and Winning, 1983-1984 261

1 Leader of the Opposition 263

2 Exit Trudeau, Enter Turner 283

3 A Summer Election 295

4 Transition to Power 310

Part V The First Mandate, 1984-1988 321

1984

The New Prime Minister 323

1985

1 The Shamrock Summit and Beyond 346

2 Budget Troubles and Steps Toward Free Trade 375

3 A Bad Month 389

4 Fighting Apartheid 398

1986

1 Vive la Francophonie - et l'Egalite 413

2 Washington, Tokyo, and Beijing 429

3 Toward a Cabinet Shuffle 446

4 The Apartheid Wars Continue 461

5 Tough Decisions Abroad and at Home 473

1987

1 Strong Words with President Reagan 488

2 Clearing the Decks 503

3 The Road to Meech Lake 508

4 Inside the Talks at Meech Lake 519

5 The Trudeau Factor 529

6 Showdown at the Langevin Block 540

7 Foreign Affairs and the Death Penalty 546

8 The Free Trade Roller Coaster 562

9 The End of an Interesting Year 578

1988

1 An Auspicious Start 585

2 Personal Diplomacy 599

3 Preparing for the Vote 610

4 Campaign '88 622

Part VI The Second Mandate, 1989-1993 645

1989

1 The Start of the Last Good Year 647

2 Tiananmen Square and Beyond 664

3 Behind the Scenes with Reagan, Thatcher, and Others 685

4 After the Fall of the Berlin Wall 699

1990

1 Nation of Discontent 712

2 The Bouchard Bombshell 734

3 Distractions Along the Way 756

4 The Shadows of Ghosts 767

5 Oka, Iraq, and Thatcher's Fall 795

6 The Home Front 810

1991

1 Two Wars: The GST and the Gulf 821

2 The Battle for Canada's Soul 836

3 Ireland, Europe, Bob Rae, and Sir John A. 853

4 A Coup in Moscow 871

1992

1 A Bleak Start to the Year 888

2 Plain Talk with George, Dick, and Boris 903

3 Joe Clark's Instincts 914

4 The Guns of August 930

5 Charlottetown 944

1993

1 Bill Clinton and Others 962

2 Resignation 980

Appendix A Inside the Meech Lake Debates (Government Conference Centre, June 4-8, 1990) 1016

Appendix B Arriving at the Charlottetown Accord (Notes of the Meeting at Harrington Lake August 4, 1992) 1046.

Notes:

"A Douglas Gibson book."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780771065361

0771065361

OCLC:

86225969