Pearson: the unlikely gladiator

"In this volume Robert Bothwell introduces Pearson the man and Denis Stairs presents his political ideas. Governor General award-winning author and journalist Christina McCall and J.L. Granatstein compare Pearson and his nemesis, John Diefenbaker. Stephen Azzi and Greg Donaghy write respectively about Pearson's relations with Walter Gordon and Paul Martin, Sr. Tom Kent and Penny Bryden discuss the Pearson welfare state, while Claude Ryan and Michael Behiels debate national unity. Patrick Brennan looks at the media. Monique Begin, Andrew Cohen, Blair Neatby, and former public servants Ross Campbell, Al Johnson, Geoffrey Pearson, and Gordon Robertson reassess Pearson's legacy."--Jacket

Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Pearson and the Sense of Paradox -- Canada's Moment: Lester Pearson, Canada, and the World -- Lester B. Pearson and the Meaning of Politics -- Pearson and Diefenbaker: Similar Men? -- The Unlikely Gladiators: Pearson and Diefenbaker Remembered -- Lester B. Pearson and the Conundrum of National Unity, 1963�1968 -- Lester B. Pearson and Canadian Unity -- Prescience, Prudence and Procrastination: National Social Policies in the Pearson Era -- It Was Walter's View: Lester Pearson, the Liberal Party and Economic Nationalism

A Good Man for the Middle Innings: Lester Pearson and the Media, 1963�1968Minding the Minister: Pearson, Martin and American Policy in Asia, 1963�1967 -- LEGACIES -- Pearsonianism -- Pragmatism -- Continuity -- Reformism -- Consistency -- Duality -- Unity -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z