Building the Orange Wave: The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the Ndp (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781771620178)

Brad Lavigne was not just the campaign manager of the New Democratic Party's 2011 breakthrough campaign that took Jack Layton from last place to Official Opposition. He was also a key architect of Layton's overnight success that was ten years in the making. In Building the Orange Wave, Lavigne recounts the dramatic story of how Layton and his inner circle developed and executed a plan that turned a struggling political party into a major contender for government, defying the odds and the critics every step of the way. The ultimate insider's account of one of the greatest political accomplishments in modern Canadian history, Building the Orange Wave takes readers behind the scenes, letting them eavesdrop on strategy sessions, crisis-management meetings, private chats with political opponents, and internal battles, revealing new details of some of the most important political events of the last decade.

Author: Brad LaVigne
ISBN-10: 177162017X
ISBN-13: 9781771620178
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2014