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This first-hand account of a seminal Canadian crisis challenges the notion that civil rights and political liberties were unjustifiably restricted.

About the Author

William Tetley, professor of international law, McGill University, was serving as a minister in Robert Bourassa's cabinet when the October Crisis broke out.

Reviews

"A well-informed layman giving his version. Above all, this book is an insight into a period and events that are fading and becoming forgotten." Robert Bothwell, May Gluskin Chair in Canadian History, University of Toronto