Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Introduction to the Carleton Library Edition iv
4. Author’s Introduction to the Carleton Library Edition xiv
5. Author’s Note xviii
6. Prologue xix
7. Assumption of Power
8. The Tory Tornado 3
9. The Formative Years 14
10. The Formative Circumstances 32
11. The 1957 Election and the Ecstasies of Office 49
12. The Charismatic Rampage of 1958 60
13. Instruments of Power
14. The Prime Minister 79
15. The Cabinet 92
16. The Disillusionment of Davie Fulton 103
17. The Humbling of Donald Fleming 121
18. Alvin 134
19. George Hees: Y.C.D.B.S.O.Y.A. 147
20. The Grey Flannel Eminence 159
21. A Footnote on Olive Diefenbaker 170
22. Exercise of Power
23. The Philosophy of the Man from Prince Albert 179
24. The Fiscal Sins of a Prairie Prime Minister 201
25. The Vision that Became a Mirage 217
26. The Bill of Rights 224
27. The Servile Press 232
28. The Eclipse of Prestige Abroad 249
29. Twilight of Power
30. Les Epaulettes Perdues 277
31. The Carnage of the Coyne Affair 295
32. The Agonies of the 1962 Campaign 322
33. The Nuclear Virgin Who Never Was 333
34. The Coup D’Etat 355
35. The Dikes of Power Burst 383
36. Suggestions For Further Reading 401
37. Acknowledgements 403
38. Index 404
39. Note on the Author 415
40. The Carleton Library 416