Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introduction vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contents xiii
5. I. Self- Made Man 1
6. II. Sifton’s Lieutenant 1901–5 19
7. III. Liberalism: Domestic and Imperial 1906–11 35
8. IV. The Luxury of Opposition 1911–14 50
9. V. The War and a New Political Alignment 1914–17 66
10. VI. Ushering in a New World 1918–20 86
11. VII. “In the Lap of the Gods” 1920–3 108
12. VIII. The Triumph of Liberal Nationalism 1921–3 128
13. IX. Lord Byng Intervenes 1924–6 146
14. X. Canada, the Commonwealth and the World 1923–30 170
15. XI. Bennett, King and Chaos 1927–37 187
16. XII. Remodelling the Canadian Constitution 214
17. XIII. The Whole World in Travail 1929–39 235
18. XIV. Canada Fights 1939–44 260
19. XV. Western Liberal Nationalist 284
20. A Note on Sources 297
21. Index 299