Ebook: Cold fire: Kennedy's northern front

Character and principles: Kennedy, Pearson, and Diefenbaker -- The collision -- Ike, the chief, and the candidate -- Three hours in Washington, February 20, 1961 -- The triumphant and terrible spring -- Three days in Ottawa, May 16 to 18, 1961 -- Tripping into war, Vienna and Berlin -- Overstepping bounds in the 1962 election -- Cuban missiles and Canadian coup d'état -- The deepening crisis -- Toppling a government -- The crossroads -- Pearson and Kennedy -- Myths, mourning, and the road taken.;"Acclaimed historian John Boyko shines new light on the Kennedy presidency and JFK's critical battles with America's truculent northern neighbour."--Jacket.