Cold fire : Kennedy's northern front / John Boyko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyko, John, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

United States--History--1961-1969.

United States.

History.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

Politics and government.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

United States--Foreign relations--Canada.

International relations.

Canada.

Canada--Foreign relations--United States.

Canada--History--1945-.

Canada--Politics and government--1945-1980.

Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979.

Diefenbaker, John G.

Pearson, Lester B.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

373 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2016.

Summary:

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

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 cou d'état

The deepening crisis

Toppling a government

The crossroads

Pearson and Kennedy

Myths, mourning, and the road taken.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-342) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780345808936

0345808932

9780345808950

0345808959

OCLC:

939694015

Publisher Number:

99967620074