Kennedy and Diefenbaker: The Feud That Helped Topple a Government

This is an excellent book which I would recommend to everyone, even those with no previous interest in thesubject, since it is a near-perfect example of how to write contemporary history which really sings. Nash does a superb job of explaining how the paranoid and mercurial Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and John Kennedy rapidly developed a mutual antipathy which indirectly prompted senior U.S. bureaucrats to do their best to overthrow the democratically-elected leader of a neighbouring state. Nash is particularly good on the character of Diefenbaker and has managed to talk to most of the supporting casts on both sides.