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Team Canada players line up before a game during the 1972 Summit Series.

In September, 1972, Canada went to war. It started as a friendly cultural exchange intended to signal a thawing of East-West relations and firmly establish Canada as the world's true hockey superpower. But the cream of the professional crop stumbled badly, and the eight-game series exploded into a battle that Canadians feared they might very well lose. Then the tide magically turned, and today the victors are remembered as national heroes.
 
In dozens of interviews, the figures from Canada and the Soviet Union who planned and played it give a minute-by-minute account of how the 1972 Summit Series unfolded. 

Included in this interactive ebook are video and audio interviews, dozens of game photos and candid images showing the players relaxing out of the public eye. Also included are articles from The Globe and Mail's 1972 archives, plus current columns and editorials looking back at the series.

You can download the eBook on iTunes for $4.99.