Memoirs, 1939-1993, Vol. 1 Book

Prologue: September 4, 1984     IX
The Early Years, 1939-1960     1
Champlain Street     3
Growing Up in Baie-Comeau     12
StFX     28
The Making of a Young Tory     39
A Life in Quebec, 1960-1975     55
Universite Laval     57
Ottawa Interlude     72
Legal Hurdles     87
A Death in Baie-Comeau     97
Labour Lawyer     104
Politics and Strikes     112
Trudeau's October     127
Mila     136
Tricksters, Crooks, and Scum: The Cliche Commission     143
The Clark Years, 1976-1983     155
"Politics Ain't Beanbag": The 1976 Leadership Campaign     157
Life at the Iron Ore Company of Canada     177
No Discipline, No Power     194
Winnipeg and Schefferville     211
The 1983 Leadership Campaign     220
Showdown in Ottawa     242
Picking Up the Reins     252
Leading and Winning, 1983-1984     261
Leader of the Opposition     263
Exit Trudeau, Enter Turner     283
A Summer Election     295
Transition to Power     310
The First Mandate, 1984-1988     321
1984
The New Prime Minister     323
1985
The Shamrock Summit and Beyond     346
Budget Troubles and Steps Toward Free Trade     375
A Bad Month     389
Fighting Apartheid     398
1986
Vive la Francophonie - et l'Egalite     413
Washington, Tokyo, and Beijing     429
Toward a Cabinet Shuffle     446
The Apartheid Wars Continue     461
Tough Decisions Abroad and at Home     473
1987
Strong Words with President Reagan     488
Clearing the Decks     503
The Road to Meech Lake     508
Inside the Talks at Meech Lake     519
The Trudeau Factor     529
Showdown at the Langevin Block     540
Foreign Affairs and the Death Penalty     546
The Free Trade Roller Coaster     562
The End of an Interesting Year     578
1988
An Auspicious Start     585
Personal Diplomacy     599
Preparing for the Vote     610
Campaign '88     622
The Second Mandate, 1989-1993     645
1989
The Start of the Last Good Year     647
Tiananmen Square and Beyond     664
Behind the Scenes with Reagan, Thatcher, and Others     685
After the Fall of the Berlin Wall     699
1990
Nation of Discontent     712
The Bouchard Bombshell     734
Distractions Along the Way     756
The Shadows of Ghosts     767
Oka, Iraq, and Thatcher's Fall     795
The Home Front     810
1991
Two Wars: The GST and the Gulf     821
The Battle for Canada's Soul     836
Ireland, Europe, Bob Rae, and Sir John A.     853
A Coup in Moscow     871
1992
A Bleak Start to the Year     888
Plain Talk with George, Dick, and Boris     903
Joe Clark's Instincts     914
The Guns of August     930
Charlottetown     944
1993
Bill Clinton and Others     962
Resignation     980
Inside the Meech Lake Debates (Government Conference Centre, June 4-8, 1990)     1016
Arriving at the Charlottetown Accord (Notes of the Meeting at Harrington Lake August 4, 1992)     1046
Notes     1055
Select Bibliography     1078
Acknowledgements     1084
Permissions     1090
Index      1091