Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership and the Making of Canada

by John Duffy

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000200089X
• ISBN13: 9780002000895
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gripping, Beautiful and Funny

Who would have thought that a book on Canadian politics could be exciting? Not me, but Duffy's voice in "Fights" is aggressive and compelling. The play-by-play account of the Turner-Mulroney prize-fight is one of many of this book's highlights. A beautiful design too.

Superb & entertaining political history

This is bar none the best book on Canadian politics of the past decade, brilliantly & entertainingly describing both the ideals and the mechanics of five crucial elections.And it's funny too!

So that's how they did it!

Duffy's book starts out being history lite, segues into insightful and finishes with a clean, crisp taste at the back of the throat. The format is strange for the topic as the "Wired' look hides the deep and intricate weaving together of the story.Duffy has given us the next text for Canadian elections from high school to post grad. It works on most levels from airy reading to deep thinking on the topic. There are laughs, points where one disagrees, to "I didn't know that." Finding connections between Laurier and today's crop of politicians was an added bonus.It reads better than it looks, and after the initial shock of the format, it looks real good. Duffy has provided many new insights and has exceptional relevance today and is a must read for political junkies. If only to imagine the picture of St. Laurent looking like a generalisimo when the palace is burning.