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Bill Bennett : a mandarin's view / Bob Plecas.
- Title
- Bill Bennett : a mandarin's view / Bob Plecas.
- Author
- Plecas, Bob, 1944-
- Publication
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F1088.B453 P55 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 298 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "He was premier of British Columbia for more than a decade, but Bill Bennett remains an enigma to the people of his province. Now, ... Bob Plecas presents a fascinating insider's account of the former premier's public life." "Using a wealth of anecdotes taken from interviews with Bill Bennett, his former ministers and senior officials, Bill Bennett: A Mandarin's View reveals how Bennett set out to defeat Dave Barrett's NDP government and bring modern government to B.C., how his government endured the inevitable scnadals--remember "Gracie's finger"?--and how it agonized over Clifford Olsen's crimes." "Never before has a mandarin told the stories behind the stories that made the news in B.C. for most of the 1970s and 1980s. Here's an inside-out view of the Summer of Discontent--the Restraint program and Operation Solidarity--as well as a compelling telling of the high-stakes drama of Bennett's duels with Pierre Trudeau. You'll find out too about the man who made his dream of Expo 86 a stunning reality for all of British Columbia. And there's more, much more."-- Book jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-293) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. A wise father does not see everything -- 2. A good time or a long time -- 3. Born again -- 4. Those guys are toast -- 5. Steering, not rowing -- 6. Work to learn -- 7. Faceoff '79 -- 8. The best-laid plans -- 9. Bringing it home -- 10. Tough guy? -- 11. Restraint -- 12. It ends with Expo
- ISBN
- 1553652282
- 1553651774
- LCCN
- ^^2006404223
- 9781553652281
- 9781553651772
- OCLC
- 63124793
- SCSB-12867102
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library