Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 3
4. Ambushed on the Road from Kabul to Bamyan 6
5. The Original Boat People 18
6. A Man’s World 27
7. A Lust for Travel 38
8. The Tory Backroom 63
9. John Diefenbaker 76
10. Leadership Crisis 92
11. Diefenbaker’s Demise 115
12. Launching My New Life at Queen’s 135
13. Flora, MP 149
14. The Flora Syndrome 158
15. Joe Clark 174
16. Foreign Minister 180
17. Brian Mulroney 199
18. Here I Come, World! 212
19. Afghanistan 239
20. Memories and Tributes 250
21. Acknowledgments 255
22. Notes 259
23. Index 275