{"product_id":"elusive-destiny-9780774822640","title":"Elusive Destiny","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis definitive biography of a major Canadian political figure provides a new perspective on federal politics from the 1960s through the 1980s and gives John Turner his rightful place in Canadian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, at 82, Turner's life and career in politics receive appropriate recognition in \u003cem\u003eElusive Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e, a biography by Carleton University historian Paul Litt that is one of the best Canadian political books of the year.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- L. Ian MacDonald * London Free Press *\u003cbr\u003eFormer prime minister John Turner’s life and career receive appropriate recognition in \u003cem\u003eElusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner,\u003c\/em\u003e one of the best Canadian political books of the year. -- L. Ian MacDonald * Montreal Gazette *\u003cbr\u003eExhaustively detailed and based on interviews with key people, including Turner himself, the book provides the first complete account of a man whose rise and fall still stands as one of Canada's most intriguing political stories. -- Mark Kennedy * Postmedia News *\u003cbr\u003eNew biography of Turner ... is a valuable, new addition to that recorded history ... the book chronicles Turner’s political career through some powerful Liberal highs and lows of the latter half of the 20th century. -- Susan Delacourt * The Toronto Star *\u003cbr\u003eIf John Turner had been elected prime minister, Canada would be an entirely different country ... there would never have been a Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the Bloc Québécois and Reform parties would likely not have been formed and ‘the fiscal base for Canadian social democracy would have been stronger and social programs better preserved under a Turner administration,’ according to a new biography on the former prime minister by Carleton University professor Paul Litt. -- Bea Vongdouangchanh * The Hill Times *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling biography of a tragic political figure ... [and] an important history of Canadian politics in the 1970s and 1980s and, most important, chronicled the first years of the decades-long self-immolation of a once-great political party. -- John Ibbitson * The Globe and Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\"With the advantage of time and the depth of Litt's book, the accusations that Turner was yesterday's man by the late 1980s seem more accurate than ever, especially given a media environment closer in time and tone to the Kardashian-Humphries wedding than the Kennedy-Nixon debate.\" -- Dan Rowe * Quill and Quire *\u003cbr\u003eIs it time to revisit the record of John Turner? Thanks to biographer Paul Litt, and his new book on John Turner, the answer is yes. -- Michael Harris * iPolitics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by John English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Right Man at the Wrong Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 1: LIBERAL APPRENTICE, 1929-68\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Making of an Extrovert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Circling Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Getting Ahead in Canadian Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Shoals of Candidacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Close to Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 2: MASTER POLITICIAN, 1968-79\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Driving the Omnibus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Implementing the Just Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Apprehended Insurrection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Intranational Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Shokku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 1 The Price of Gas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Stalking Stagflation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Citizen Turner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 3: LEADERSHIP, 1979-88\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 A Myth and a Muddle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Oiling the Tinman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Prime Minister for a Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Things Fall Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 The Road Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Participatory Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Creature from the Black Lagoon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Image, Substance, and Subversion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 Mad Dog and Businessmen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Legacies and Might-Have-Beens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404925608279,"sku":"9780774822640","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774822640.jpg?v=1730488076","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elusive-destiny-9780774822640","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}