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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781142003321

Autore

Chapnick Adam <1976->

Titolo

Canada's voice [[electronic resource] ] : the public life of John Wendell Holmes / / Adam Chapnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-74063-6

9786612740633

0-7748-1673-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

327.710092

Soggetti

Diplomats - Canada

Diplomates - Canada

Canada Relations extérieures 20e siècle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- The Early Years -- External Affairs' New Golden Boy --  The Rising Star -- John Holmes' Golden Age -- Descending through the Diefenbaker Era -- Ruin and Recovery -- Headfirst into the CIIA -- A Diplomat in Action -- 1967: A Year of Transition -- Breaking Free from the Institute -- Freedom, Passion, and Frustration -- Older and Wiser -- Regrets and Renewal -- Saying Goodbye -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

"It is hard to imagine a person who embodied the ideals of postwar Canadian foreign policy more than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes joined the foreign service in 1943, headed the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1973, and, as a professor of international relations, mentored a generation of students and scholars. This book charts the life of a diplomat and public intellectual who influenced both how scholars and statespeople abroad viewed Canada and how Canadians saw themselves on the world stage."--BOOK JACKET.