• A political biography of one of Canada's greatest twentieth-century prime ministers, starting when he came to the office of prime minister in 1968
• Reflects on the greatest challenges of his leadership, including bilingualism, immigration, Indigenous relations, and Quebec separation
• As a friend of Trudeau, author Max Nemni brings a personal understanding of the man to build a complex sketch of a key figure in Canadian political landscape
• The third and final volume in a set of biographies, Trudeau As Statesman can easily be read on its own

Max Nemni, and his wife the late Monique Nemni, taught in Quebec and Ontario universities and wrote two prize-winning books on their friend Pierre Trudeau entitled Young Trudeau and Trudeau Transformed. They also served as editors of Cité libre, 1995-2000.
David Milne taught political studies at the University of Prince Edward Island and wrote extensively on Canada during the Trudeau years in The Canadian Constitution and in Tug of War: Ottawa and the Provinces Under Trudeau and Mulroney. He lives in Toronto.