ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1. Introduction; 2. "Just Say No": The Constitutional Debate; 3. Legacy: The Mulroney Government; 4. Leadership '93: The Race That Never Was; 5. Countdown: Campbell Takes Charge; ILLUSTRATIONS; 6. Sunset at Sunrise: The Tories Debut -- Campaign '93; 7. Meltdown: The Tories Collapse -- Campaign '93; 8. Conclusion: Whodunnit?; 9. Epilogue: "And Then There Were Two"; NOTES; INDEX
Summary
Poisoned Chalice chronicles the fateful end of the feredral Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa. In a day-by-day account of an election campaign seemingly doomed to disaster Poisoned Chalice covers the strategy, tactics and political machinations that drove the Condervative campaign from the point of view of someone on the bus