Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgements x
4. Foreword xii
5. Preface: Ca - na - da 1967 xvi
6. I Here Comes Mr. Trudeau
7. 1 The Great Race Begins: December 1967–march 1968 3
8. 2 The Coming of the Just Society: march–april 1968 9
9. 3 Trudeaumania Goes West: april–june 1968 21
10. 4 The Battle for Edmonton Centre: april–june 1968 31
11. 5 The Battle for Alberta: may–june 1968 37
12. 6 Breakthrough: june 1968 45
13. 7 The Honeymoon: june–december 1968 55
14. II Oil and Other Minefields
15. 8 In Alberta, It’s About Oil, Stupid! january–april 1969 65
16. 9 Mr. Trudeau Lays an Egg march–may 1969 71
17. 10 Oil, Economic Nationalism, and Mean Joe Greene: april 1969–october 1970 79
18. 11 Hustle Grain! december 1968–october 1970 91
19. 12 The Infernal White Paper: january 1969–october 1970 101
20. 13 Fighting Inflation and the Cunning Posties: april 1969–september 1970 111
21. III The Arranged Marriage
22. 14 The Evolution of the Mighty Social Credit: september 1968– september 1969 119
23. 15 A Troublesome Relationship: january 1969–february 1970 127
24. 16 The Making of a Senator: february–october 1970 139
25. IV Crisis
26. 17 Western Alienation and the Rabble-rousers: december 1968–october 1970 149
27. 18 The October Crisis: august–december 1970 161
28. V The Second Coming
29. 19 The Splendours of OPEC and the Saga of Home Oil: october 1970–march 1971 171
30. 20 The Rough Sport of Politics: july 1970–march 1971 179
31. 21 Blissful Times and the Beginning of the End of Tax Reform: november 1970–july 1971 187
32. 22 As Good as It Gets: july 1971 195
33. VI The Dawning of the Lougheed Era
34. 23 Lougheed Comes to Power: february–september 1971 205
35. 24 Tax Reform at Last: july–december 1971 215
36. 25 Peter Lougheed Shows His Stuff: july 1971–march 1972 219
37. VII Stumbling toward the Brink
38. 26 The Grits Falter: september 1971–may 1972 227
39. 27 Chickens, Eggs, and Wheat Deals: january 1971–june 1972 235
40. 28 Peter Lougheed Becomes a Star: december 1971–july 1972 241
41. 29 The Eve of the Federal Election: april–august 1972 247
42. 30 “The Land is Strong?” september–october 1972 255
43. 31 The Party’s Over: october–november 1972 269
44. Epilogue 281
45. Notes 287
46. Bibliography 331
47. Index 337