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John Diefenbaker

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In this chapter, Stewart examines how John Diefenbaker’s tenture as Prime Minister (1957–1963) unfolded against Cold War pressures, marked by the Avro Arrow cancellation in 1959, the signing of NORAD, and the Bomarc missile dispute.

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J.D.M. Stewart

J.D.M. Stewart is a writer, historian, and one of the country’s foremost experts on Canadian prime ministers. His commentary regularly appears in the Globe & Mail, The Hub, and the Literary Review of Canada. His previous book, Being Prime Minister, was a Hill Times Top 100 pick. He has also inspired a generation of students during his thirty-year career teaching history to high school students in Toronto, Montreal, and Panama City. He lives in Toronto.